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东北

dōng běi

2-character word Traditional 東北

What 东北 means

1. northeast

Other readings

东北 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Dōng běiNortheast China; Manchuria

The characters in 东北

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated

Example sentences

• 我在中国最后的目的地是东北的哈尔滨，离北京大概一千公里左右。
  Wǒ zài Zhōngguó zuì hòu de mùdìdì shì dōngběi de Hā'ěrbīn, lí Běijīng dàgài yī qiān gōnglǐ zuǒyòu.
  My final destination in China is the city of Harbin in the north-east, about one thousand kilometres from Beijing.
• 轮到我说话时，我不觉地把“标准”和“普通”这两个词混为一谈，后来又说东北的口音是最普通的。
  Lúndào wǒ shuōhuà shí, wǒ bù jiào de bǎ "biāozhǔn " hé "pǔtōng " zhè liǎng gè cí hùnwéiyītán, hòulái yòu shuō dōngběi de kǒuyīn shì zuì pǔtōng de.
  When it comes to my turn to speak, I confuse the words 'standard' and 'common', and end up saying that the north-eastern accent is 'the most common'.

Words starting with 东北

• 东北亚Dōng běi yàNortheast Asia
• 东北大学Dōng běi Dà xuéNortheastern University (in Shenyang 沈阳市; Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
• 东北方dōng běi fāngnortheast; northeastern
• 东北平原Dōng běi Píng yuánNortheast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
• 东北虎dōng běi hǔAmur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

Words containing 东北

• 外东北Wài Dōng běisee 外满洲