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北方

běi fāng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

北方 (běi fāng) means "north". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 北方 means

1. north
2. the northern part a country
3. China north of the Yellow River

The characters in 北方

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 北海道在仙台的北方。
  Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.
• 南方和北方的差异很大。
  The north differs greatly from the south.
• 北方的春天送来狂风扫路。
  Spring in the north sends gales to sweep the roads.
• 北方的春天派狂风为春天扫路来了。
  Běifāng de chūntiān pài kuángfēng wèi chūntiān sǎo lù lái le.
  Spring in the north sends gales to sweep the roads.
• “旗袍”这个词语在中国北方广为使用。
  "qípáo " zhège cíyǔ zài Zhōngguó běifāng guǎng wèi shǐyòng.
  The term "qipao" is widely used in Northern China.
• 他们向西北方向进军，进入了谢南多厄河谷。
  They marched northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.

Words starting with 北方

• 北方工业Běi fāng Gōng yèNorinco, PRC state-run conglomerate
• 北方民族大学Běi fāng Mín zú Dà xuéNorthern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia…
• 北方邦Běi fāng bāngUttar Pradesh (state in India)
• 北方佬běi fāng lǎonortherner; guy from the north; Yankee
• 北方中杜鹃běi fāng zhōng dù juān(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Words containing 北方

• 东北方dōng běi fāngnortheast; northeastern
• 西北方xī běi fāngnorthwest; northwestern
• 中国北方工业公司Zhōng guó Běi fāng Gōng yè Gōng sīChina North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

Where 北方 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel & Transport (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read běi fāng correctly.
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