| 东西 | dōng xi | thing; stuff; person; CL:个,件 |
| 东西 | dōng xī | east and west |
| 东 | dōng | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord; surname Dong |
| 东北 | dōng běi | northeast |
| 东京 | Dōng jīng | Tōkyō, capital of Japan |
| 东方 | dōng fāng | the East; eastern countries; the orient |
| 东南 | dōng nán | southeast |
| 东南亚 | dōng nán yà | Southeast Asia |
| 东汉 | Dōng hàn | Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220 |
| 东晋 | Dōng Jìn | Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420 |
| 东风 | dōng fēng | easterly wind |
| 东海 | Dōng hǎi | East China sea |
| 东欧 | Dōng Ōu | Eastern Europe |
| 东方红 | dōng fāng hóng | The East is red (Dongfanghong), north Shaanxi folk song |
| 东家 | dōng jiā | master (i.e. employer); landlord; boss |
| 东亚 | dōng yà | East Asia |
| 东边 | dōng bian | east; east side; eastern part; to the east of |
| 东德 | Dōng Dé | East Germany (1945-1990); German democratic republic 德意志民主共和国 |
| 东洋 | Dōng yáng | Eastern world |
| 东阳 | Dōng yáng | Dongyang county level city in Jinhua 金华, Zhejiang |
| 东陵 | Dōng líng | Eastern tombs; Dongling district of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 东山 | Dōng shān | Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 东非 | dōng Fēi | East Africa |
| 东坡 | Dōng pō | eastern slope; Dongpo district of Meishan city 眉山市, Sichuan |
| 东帝汶 | Dōng dì wèn | East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) |
| 东面 | dōng miàn | east side (of sth) |
| 东印度公司 | Dōng Yìn dù Gōng sī | East India Company |
| 东城 | Dōng chéng | Dongcheng district of central Beijing |
| 东经 | dōng jīng | longitude east |
| 东夷 | Dōng yí | Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC |
| 东魏 | Dōng Wèi | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| 东周 | dōng zhōu | Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) |
| 东至 | Dōng zhì | Dongzhi county in Chizhou 池州, Anhui |
| 东欧平原 | Dōng Ōu píng yuán | East European Plain |
| 东张西望 | dōng zhāng xī wàng | to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around |
| 东湖 | Dōng hú | Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi |
| 东道 | dōng dào | host |
| 东安 | Dōng ān | Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan; Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| 东南亚国家联盟 | dōng nán yà guó jiā lián méng | ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) |
| 东吴 | Dōng Wú | Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孙权 |
| 东平 | Dōng píng | Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong |
| 东郊 | dōng jiāo | eastern suburbs |
| 东乡 | Dōng xiāng | Dongxiang or East village (place name); Donxiang (ethnic group); Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 抚州, Jiangxi |
| 东…西… | dōng xī | east and west; here and there |
| 东奔西走 | dōng bēn xī zǒu | to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠 |
| 东道主 | dōng dào zhǔ | host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) |
| 东部 | dōng bù | the east; eastern part |
| 东一榔头西一棒子 | dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi | banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision |
| 东中国海 | Dōng Zhōng guó Hǎi | East China sea |
| 东亚运动会 | dōng yà yùn dòng huì | East Asian games |
