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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 北

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Pinyin běi、 bèi

Radical

匕

Strokes

Definition

north

Usage

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台北 Tái běi

Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan

北向 běi xiàng

north orientation

喝西北风 hē xī běi fēng

lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

北极圈 Běi jí quān

Arctic Circle

坐南朝北 zuò nán cháo běi

Sit south and face north

北坡 běi pō

north slope

北塘 Běi táng

Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu

湖北省 Hú běi Shěng

Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]

湖北 Hú běi

Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]

南北 nán běi

north and south / north to south

北部 běi bù

northern part

西北 xī běi

northwest

北方 běi fāng

north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River

北平 Běi píng

Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)

华北 Huá běi

North China

河北 Hé běi

Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

西北部 Xī běi bù

northwest part

北纬 běi wěi

latitude north

北大 Běi Dà

Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)

北宋 Běi Sòng

the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

北约 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

江北 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

北岳 Běi yuè

Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]

北岳区 běi yuè qū

Beiyue District

北岸 běi àn

North Shore

北戴河 Běi dài hé

Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei

北冰洋 Běi bīng yáng

Arctic ocean

北爱尔兰 Běi Ài ěr lán

Northern Ireland

冀北 jì běi

Northern Hebei Province

晋西北 jìn xī běi

Northwest Shanxi

南北朝 Nán Běi cháo

Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)

北极 běi jí

the North Pole / the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole

河北梆子 Hé běi bāng zǐ

Hebei opera

北侧 běi cè

north side / north face

东北侧 dōng běi cè

Northeast

北欧 Běi Ōu

north Europe / Scandinavia

北段 běi duàn

North part

河北省 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]

北洋 Běi yáng

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

北洋军阀 Běi yáng Jūn fá

the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)

北美洲 Běi měi zhōu

North America

浙北 zhè běi

northern area of Zhejiang province

淮北 Huái běi

Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui

淮北市 Huái běi shì

Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui

滇西北 diān xī běi

northwest Yunnan / northwestern Yunnan / the northwest of Yunnan

滇北 diān běi

North Yunnan

漠北 Mò běi

Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)

以北 yǐ běi

to the north of (suffix)

北伐 Běi fá

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

北极熊 běi jí xióng

polar bear

北京猿人 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

北疆 Běi Jiāng

North of Xinjiang

北京市 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]

北京城 běi jīng chéng

beijing city

北京地区 běi jīng dì qū

Beijing area

北仑 Běi lún

Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang

北仑港 běi lún gǎng

Beilun Port

北仑河口 běi lún hé kǒu

Beilun River Mouth

北仑区 Běi lún qū

Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang

北仑河 běi lún hé

Beilun River

北仓 běi cāng

Kitakura

北端 běi duān

northern extremity

北缘 běi yuán

North Rim

北美 Běi měi

North America

北京 Běi jīng

Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government

北丐 běi gài

Beibei

东北 dōng běi

northeast

北苑 Běi yuàn

Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing

赣北 gàn běi

North Jiangxi

西北郊 xī běi jiāo

Northwestern suburbs

鄂西北 è xī běi

the northwest of Hubei Province

鄂北 è běi

Hubei

走南闯北 zǒu nán chuǎng běi

to travel extensively

闸北区 Zhá běi qū

Zhabei district, central Shanghai

闽北 mǐn běi

northern Fujian Province

陕北 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

陕北黄土高原 shǎn běi huáng tǔ gāo yuán

Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi

陕北高原 shǎn běi gāo yuán

Northern Shaanxi Plateau

东北隅 dōng běi yú

Northeast corner

北非 Běi Fēi

North Africa

北魏 Běi Wèi

Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑

魁北克 Kuí běi kè

Quebec province, Canada

魁北克省 kuí běi kè shěng

Quebec

魁北克城 kuí běi kè chéng

Quebec City

西北麓 xī běi lù

Northwestern foothills

北齐 Běi Qí

Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)

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