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Animated Stroke Order 北

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3.

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北

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How to Use 北

North as a prefix for places and regions

The character 北 is used as a prefix to indicate northern location or direction.

北京 • běi jīng • Beijing • HSK 1

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6.

HSK Vocabulary: 北

北部 • běi bù • northern part

HSK 3.0 · L4

běi北

bù

7.

Example Sentences

Běi北

jīng京

zài在

Zhōng中

guó国

de的

běi

Information

Pinyinběi

Meaningnorth

Strokes5

Radical匕

Traditional北

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#411

Zhuyinㄅㄟˇ

UnicodeU+5317

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Two people (匕 and 匕-like form) standing back-to-back — originally meaning 'to turn away', later borrowed for 'north'.

běi北

jīng京

Beijing

北方 • běi fāng • the north • HSK 3

HSK 3

běi北

fāng方

the north

北极 • běi jí • the North Pole • HSK 6

HSK 6

běi北

jí极

the North Pole

North as a component in compound directions

The character 北 combines with other cardinal directions to form compound directional words.

东北 • dōng běi • Northeast China • HSK 3.0 · L3

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dōng东

běi北

Northeast China

西北 • xī běi • Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) • HSK 3.0 · L3

HSK 3.0 · L3

xī西

běi北

Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)

部

northern part

北美洲 • Běi měi zhōu • North America

HSK 3.0 · L6

Běi北

měi美

zhōu洲

North America

南辕北辙 • nán yuán běi zhé • to act in a way that defeats one's purpose [idiom]

HSK 6

nán南

yuán辕

běi北

zhé辙

to act in a way that defeats one's purpose [idiom]

北

biān边

。

Beijing is in the north of China.

Běi北

jīng京

shì是

Zhōng中

guó国

de的

shǒu首

dū都

。

Beijing is the capital of China.

běi北

fāng方

dōng冬

tiān天

hěn很

lěng冷

。

The northern region is very cold in winter.

Běi北

Fēi非

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

shā沙

mò漠

。

North Africa has many deserts.

Cháng长

chéng城

yǐ以

běi北

de的

dì地

qū区

hěn很

lěng冷

。

The area north of the Great Wall is very cold.

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Characters pronounced "bei".

被bèiquilt; by (somebody/something)
悖bèibe contradictory to, go counter
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Characters with radical "匕".

匕bǐspoon, ladle; knife, dirk
匙chíkey or spoon

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