东西
Pinyin: dōng xī
thing; stuff
Example sentence
我去商店买东西。
Wǒ qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxī.
I go to the store to buy things.
What 东西 means
东西 (dōng xī) is a Chinese word meaning “thing; stuff”. It belongs to the Food & Drink topic and appears at HSK 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.