| 东 |
dōng nán xī běi | east, south, west and north / all directions |
| 东 |
Dōng | surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng | east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东 |
dōng nán | southeast |
| 南 |
Nán | surname Nan |
| 南 |
nā | used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 |
nán | south |
| 西 |
Xī | the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī | west |
| 西 |
Xī běi | Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) |
| 西 |
xī běi | northwest |
| 北 |
běi | north / (classical) to be defeated |