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北洋

Běi yáng

2-character word

What 北洋 means

1. the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

The characters in 北洋

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign

Words starting with 北洋

• 北洋军阀Běi yáng Jūn fáthe Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
• 北洋系Běi yáng xìBeiyang faction of Northern Warlords
• 北洋军Běi yáng jūnnorth China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a…
• 北洋政府Běi yáng zhèng fǔthe Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋军阀…
• 北洋水师Běi yáng shuǐ shīnorth China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
• 北洋陆军Běi yáng lù jūnnorth China army (esp. during the warlords period)