东方
dōng​fāng HSK2

east

东方 東方 dōng​fāng
east noun
the direction where the sun rises

为什么太阳从东方升起？

wèi​shén​me tài​yang cóng dōng​fāng shēng qǐ?

Why does the sun rise from the east?

the East nounproper noun
the Orient, specifically referring to Asia or the countries of eastern Asia; often contrasted with 西方 xī​fāng

她是一位虔诚的瑜伽练习者，并对东方哲学产生了兴趣。

tā shì yī wèi qián​chéng de yú​jiā liàn​xí zhě, bìng duì dōng​fāng zhé​xué chǎn​shēng le xìng​qù.

She is a devout yoga practitioner and has developed an interest in Eastern philosophy.

Dongfang
a two-character Chinese surname

Frequency
Movie subtitles
5.75 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
47.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)