dōng biān
east side
太阳从东边升起。
Tàiyáng cóng dōngbiān shēngqǐ.
The sun rises in the east.
我家在东边。
Wǒjiā zài dōngbiān.
My home is in the east.
他从东边来。
Tā cóng dōngbiān lái.
He comes from the east.
东方 (dōngfāng)
east
日出 (rìchū)
sunrise
旭日 (xùrì)
rising sun
西边 (xī biān)
west side
东面 (dōng miàn)
east side
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The Chinese word 东边 (dōngbiān) for "east side" is composed of two characters: 东 (dōng), meaning "east", and 边 (biān), meaning "side". The character 东 is a pictograph depicting the sun rising over the horizon, while the character 边 is a phonetic loan character that originally represented the sound of the word "side". Together, the two characters 东边 literally mean "the side where the sun rises", which is a poetic and descriptive way of referring to the eastern direction. This word is commonly used in everyday speech and writing to refer to the eastern part of a place or area, such as 东边的那座山 (dōngbiān de nà zuò shān), meaning "the mountain on the east side".
