Directions

Below are the cardinal directions in Chinese, in their usual order (东-南-西-北), with East predominant, in contrast to the usual N-S-E-W order in English.

东	dōng	East
南	nán	South
西	xī	West
北	běi	North

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HSK

Find out more about the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) in this dedicated HSK section. Here you can learn about:

HSK characters - all the characters used in the six levels of the HSK test
HSK words (by level) - a complete list of all the words in the HSK test
other information about the HSK test

Study

Find out more about the Chinese language in the study section, including:

radicals - information on Chinese radicals, including the Kangxi radicals
pinyin - the romanisation of the Chinese language

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