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北疆

běi jiāng

2-character word

What 北疆 means

1. northern frontier

Other readings

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

• Běi jiāngnorthern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains {天山|Tiān Shān})

The characters in 北疆

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 疆jiāngborder; boundary

Sounds the same

Read běi jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 北江Beijiang River

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