東西

1. 東kap西。

2. 所有ê物件。

3. [東西]分開加tī動詞ê下腳來使用表示各種。

• (1) 東西有利；東西南北。
• (2) 東西無所不＝啥麼物件to beh the̍h；東西廿(jia̍p)七八＝非常雜亂。
• (3) 講東西講東西；看東西看東西；想東西想東西；the̍h東西the̍h東西；行東西行東西。

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華語：東西
英語：This expression very often has the meaning of "all around" or "everything"

That youngster, really likes to talk to people about everything and anything.\That dog likes to bite around at everything.\Don’t you kids come to the blackboard and write all over it. (scribble all over it).\That fellow is very clever at free hand drawing.\He and I are very good friends, every time he comes around he wants to talk to me about everything under the sun.\I have been eating all kinds of things on the way, so I am not the least bit hungry now.\Don’t be thinking about all sorts of things when you are studying.\When you are in Church, attending Mass, don’t be looking all around.
那個小孩子很喜歡和人家談天說地/那隻狗很喜歡咬東咬西/你們這些小孩不要到黑板上亂寫/那個人很善於畫各種東西/他是我的好朋友，常常和我談天說地/我在路上吃很多樣的東西，所以到現在肚子還不覺得餓/念書的時候不要亂想/在聖堂望彌撒的時候，不要東張西望