西 in English

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東晉
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 「這是阿拉伯文嗎？」「不是，這是維吾爾文，一種中國西北部的語言。」

  "Is this Arabic?" "No, it's Uyghur - a language that's spoken in northwestern China."

• Tom喜不喜欢吃西红柿？

  Does Tom like tomatoes?

• 一篇大学论文描述了充斥在西方科幻作品中的「东方主义」。

  A university thesis describes the "Orientalism" that imbues sci-fi in the West.

• 不要东拉西扯。

  Don't ramble.

• 不要往地上扔任何东西。

  Don't throw anything onto the floor.

• 不要边吃东西边看书。

  Don't eat while reading.

• 世上没有比爱更有价值的东西了。

  Nothing is worth more than love.

• 东西方文化在这个国家融合。

  Cultures of the East and the West meet together in this country.

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