西方

xīfāng
  1. (Buddhism) Alternative name for 西天 (xītiān, “Western Paradise”).
  2. Alternative name for 西天 (xītiān, “Western Paradise”).
  3. the Western world; the West
  4. west

Wiktionary

Homographs

西方 Xīfāng
  1. the West
  2. the Occident
  3. Western countries

Examples

西方文化很看重个人。

Individuality is very important in the West.

Source: Tatoeba

太阳在东方升起，西方落下。

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Source: Tatoeba

日本有必要和西方各国接触。

Japan needed contact with the Western countries.

Source: Tatoeba

哥伦布航行至遥远的西方，去寻找一个新大陆。

Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.

Source: Tatoeba

不过，其它的方面已经超过了很多西方国家的程度。

However, other aspects have already surpassed the standards of many Western countries.

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Entry Composition

=1 西 Xī
  1. the West
  2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 Xībānyá
  3. Spanish
=1 西 xī west
=2 方 Fāng surname Fang
=2 方 fāng
  1. square
  2. power or involution (math.)
  3. upright
  4. honest
  5. fair and square
  6. direction
  7. side
  8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
  9. place
  10. method
  11. prescription (medicine)
  12. just when
  13. only or just
  14. classifier for square things
  15. abbr. for square or cubic meter
=2 方 fáng
  1. Pronunciation spelling of 慌 (huāng, “panicky”).
  2. Pronunciation spelling of 慌 (huāng, “to panic”).
  3. alternative form of 房
  4. alternative form of 防 (fáng)
  5. only used in 方良
  6. only used in 方輿／方舆 (Fángyù, “an ancient county in modern Shandong”)
  7. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
  8. to disobey

Containing this entry

东方不亮西方亮 dōngfāngbùliàngxīfāngliàng
  1. if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)
  2. if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
西方松鸡 xīfāngsōngjī (bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
西方极乐世界 xīfāngjílèshìjiè Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)
西方滨鹬 xīfāngbīnyù (bird species of China) western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
西方狍 xīfāngpáo
  1. roe deer
  2. capreolus capreolus
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