东南

• 拼音: dōng nán
• 汉字拆解: 东 (dōng) — east; 南 (nán) — south

含义

Southeast. The direction between east and south.

Used for compass directions and commonly in the compound 东南亚 (Southeast Asia). Also appears in geographical descriptions of China's southeastern coastal regions.

例句

1. 我们学校在城市的东南。
2. 东南亚的天气一年四季都很热。
3. 风从东南方向吹过来了。

用法指南

语境: directions, geography, weather

语气: informative

正确说法

• 东南方向有一家超市。(There's a supermarket to the southeast.)
• 他去东南亚旅游了。(He went travelling in Southeast Asia.)

错误说法

• 不要说'南东'来表示东南 — Chinese directional compounds follow the fixed order 东南, not 南东. The order cannot be reversed.

起源与历史

Compound of 东 (east) and 南 (south). A standard directional compound following Chinese word order.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal