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Pinyin běi、 bèi
Radical
Strokes
5
Definition
north
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北 (běi) 1. Direction, the side on the left when facing the sun in the morning, opposite to “南” (south). 2. To retreat after being defeated. 1. Direction, the side on the left when facing the sun in the morning, opposite to south: 北方 (north direction). 北辰 (in ancient texts refers to the North Star). 北上 (in ancient times, north was considered up, later referring to going to a place north of one's locality, opposite to “南下” (going south)). 北极星 (a bright star appearing in the northern sky, often used by people to determine direction). 北国 (referring to northern China). 2. To retreat after being defeated: 败北. 北 (běi) Name (Noun): 1. A directional name; opposite to "南" (south) ([En.] north). 2. Defeated troops ([En.] defeated troops). 3. A surname. 北 (běi) Verb (Verb): 1. To be defeated ([En.] be defeated). 2. To retreat ([En.] retreat). 3. See also bèi. 北 (běi) Name (Noun): 1. A directional name; opposite to "南" (south) ([En.] north). 【Reference】 1. From Zhu Junsheng's "Shuowen Tongxun Dingsheng": People stand facing light and with their backs to darkness, thus the back is referred to as north. 2. From Laozi: "All things bear the yin and embrace the yang." Wang Li explained that north of the mountains is yin, and south is yang, meaning all things carry their backs toward the south. 3. From Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower": Therefore, north connects with Wuxia. 4. From Su Shi's "Shizhong Mountain": The sound from the south is muffled, while the north has a clear and transcendent tone. 5. From the "Records of the Historian": Pei Gong sat facing north. 6. From Gui Youguang's “Xiangjiu Xuan Zhi”: Again facing north. 【Example】 For instance: 正北 (exact north); 西北 (northwest); 东北 (northeast); 北邙 (referring to Mang Mountain, north of Luoyang, where many nobles and officials from the Eastern Han and Wei-Jin dynasties were buried; commonly refers to graveyards); 北闱 (in the Qing dynasty, local exams held in Shuntian, now Beijing, were called "北闱", while those in Jiangning, now Nanjing, were called "南闱"); 北里 (brothel); 北阙 (imperial palace, figuratively refers to emperors); 北鄙 (northern border towns); 北雍 (the Guozijian in Beijing); 北邙乡女 (a term referring to deceased women); 北津 (a northern ferry). 2. Defeated troops ([En.] defeated troops). 【Reference】 1. From the "Strategies of the Warring States": The Yan soldiers pursued north, reaching Linzi. 3. A surname. 北 (běi) Verb (Verb): 1. To be defeated ([En.] be defeated). 【Reference】 1. From the "Records of the Historian": All battles ended in defeat. 2. From Han Feizi: The people of Lu fought under their lord, defeated in battle three times. 2. To retreat ([En.] retreat). 【Reference】 1. From Jia Yi's "Over Qin": The pursuit of the fleeing north resulted in hundreds of thousands of corpses. 3. See also bèi. 1. Ancient form of "背" (to turn against), to violate or breach. Verb: To violate or betray. Same as "背". From "Shuowen Jiezi, Northern Section": "北, ride; from two people turned back against each other." From "Strategies of the Warring States": "Eating people and cooking bones, soldiers have no heart to turn back, such are the troops of Sun Bin and Wu Qi." Verb: To violate or betray. Same as "背". From "Shuowen Jiezi, Northern Section": "北, ride; from two people turned back against each other." From "Strategies of the Warring States": "Eating people and cooking bones, soldiers have no heart to turn back, such are the troops of Sun Bin and Wu Qi." [一] pronunciation. [一] pronunciation.
Tái běi
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
běi xiàng
north orientation
西 hē xī běi fēng
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
Běi jí quān
Arctic Circle
zuò nán cháo běi
Sit south and face north
běi pō
north slope
Běi táng
Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
Hú běi Shěng
Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]
Hú běi
Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]
nán běi
north and south / north to south
běi bù
northern part
西 xī běi
northwest
běi fāng
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
Běi píng
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
Huá běi
North China
Hé běi
Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
西 Xī běi bù
northwest part
běi wěi
latitude north
Běi Dà
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
Běi Sòng
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Běi yuē
NATO / abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 Yang2 Gong1 yue1 Zu3 zhi1], North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Jiāng běi
Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan / Chongqing's main airport / Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
Běi yuè
Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
běi yuè qū
Beiyue District
běi àn
North Shore
Běi dài hé
Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
Běi bīng yáng
Arctic ocean
Běi Ài ěr lán
Northern Ireland
jì běi
Northern Hebei Province
西 jìn xī běi
Northwest Shanxi
Nán Běi cháo
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
běi jí
the North Pole / the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
Hé běi bāng zǐ
Hebei opera
běi cè
north side / north face
dōng běi cè
Northeast
Běi Ōu
north Europe / Scandinavia
běi duàn
North part
Hé běi Shěng
Hebei Province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀[Ji4], capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
Běi yáng
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
Běi yáng Jūn fá
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
Běi měi zhōu
North America
zhè běi
northern area of Zhejiang province
Huái běi
Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui
Huái běi shì
Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui
西 diān xī běi
northwest Yunnan / northwestern Yunnan / the northwest of Yunnan
diān běi
North Yunnan
Mò běi
Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)
yǐ běi
to the north of (suffix)
Běi fá
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
běi jí xióng
polar bear
Běi jīng yuán rén
Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921
Běi Jiāng
North of Xinjiang
Běi jīng Shì
Beijing / capital of People's Republic of China / one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhi2 xia2 shi4]
běi jīng chéng
beijing city
běi jīng dì qū
Beijing area
Běi lún
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
běi lún gǎng
Beilun Port
běi lún hé kǒu
Beilun River Mouth
Běi lún qū
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
běi lún hé
Beilun River
běi cāng
Kitakura
běi duān
northern extremity
běi yuán
North Rim
Běi měi
North America
Běi jīng
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
běi gài
Beibei
dōng běi
northeast
Běi yuàn
Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing
gàn běi
North Jiangxi
西 xī běi jiāo
Northwestern suburbs
西 è xī běi
the northwest of Hubei Province
è běi
Hubei
zǒu nán chuǎng běi
to travel extensively
Zhá běi qū
Zhabei district, central Shanghai
mǐn běi
northern Fujian Province
Shǎn běi
Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
shǎn běi huáng tǔ gāo yuán
Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi
shǎn běi gāo yuán
Northern Shaanxi Plateau
dōng běi yú
Northeast corner
Běi Fēi
North Africa
Běi Wèi
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
Kuí běi kè
Quebec province, Canada
kuí běi kè shěng
Quebec
kuí běi kè chéng
Quebec City
西 xī běi lù
Northwestern foothills
Běi Qí
Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)

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