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北

běi

HSK 1 Character

What 北 means

1. north
2. (classical) to be defeated

Example sentences

• 我住在北京
  I live in Beijing.
• 南男北女。
  Southern men, Northern women.
• 北京热吗？
  Is Beijing hot?
• 我来自台北.
  Wǒ láizì Táiběi.
  I come from Taipei.
• 你来自台北.
  Nǐ láizì Táiběi.
  You come from Taipei.
• 刮的是北风。
  A north wind is blowing.

Words starting with 北

• 北京Běi jīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京
• 北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
• 北极běi jíthe North Pole; the north magnetic pole
• 北大Běi DàPeking University (abbr. for 北京大学)
• 北京市Běi jīng ShìBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京
• 北京大学Běi jīng Dà xuéPeking University
• 北部běi bùnorthern part
• 北美Běi měiNorth America
• 北平Běi píngPeiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
• 北边běi biānnorth; north side; northern part
• 北海Běi HǎiNorth Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal…
• 北欧Běi Ōunorth Europe; Scandinavia
• 北面běi miànnorthern side; north
• 北上běi shàngto go up north
• 北风běi fēngnorth wind
• 北约Běi yuēNATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公约组织
• 北师大Běi Shī DàBeijing Normal University; abbr. for 北京师范大学
• 北侧běi cènorth side; north face
• 北宋Běi Sòngthe Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
• 北朝鲜Běi Cháo xiǎnNorth Korea
• 北京师范大学Běi jīng Shī fàn Dà xuéBeijing Normal University
• 北京话Běi jīng huàBeijing dialect
• 北非Běi FēiNorth Africa
• 北国běi guóthe northern part of the country; the North

Words containing 北

• 东北dōng běinortheast
• 台北Tái běiTaipei, capital of Taiwan
• 西北xī běinorthwest
• 南北nán běinorth and south; north to south
• 河北省Hé běi ShěngHebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄市
• 华北Huá běiNorth China
• 湖北省Hú běi ShěngHubei Province, capital Wuhan 武汉市
• 陕北Shǎn běiShanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of…
• 以北yǐ běito the north of (suffix)
• 南北朝Nán Běi cháoNorthern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
• 大江南北Dà jiāng nán běinorth and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
• 魁北克Kuí běi kèQuebec province, Canada
• 西北部Xī běi bùnorthwest part
• 台北市Tái běi ShìTaibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
• 东西南北dōng xī nán běieast west south north
• 天南地北tiān nán dì běi(idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over…
• 东南西北dōng nán xī běieast, south, west and north; all directions
• 南辕北辙nán yuán běi zhéto act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
• 东北亚Dōng běi yàNortheast Asia
• 走南闯北zǒu nán chuǎng běito travel extensively
• 败北bài běi(literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
• 东北大学Dōng běi Dà xuéNortheastern University (in Shenyang 沈阳市; Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
• 喝西北风hē xī běi fēng(lit.) to drink the northwest wind (idiom); (fig.) to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
• 口北kǒu běithe area north of the Great Wall

Characters that look like 北

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 此cǐthis; these
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 讹éerror; false; to extort
• 兆zhào(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-

Sounds the same

Read běi, tone for tone, but written differently.

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