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东北 (dōng běi): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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东北

东北 (dōng běi): Northeast China (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

东北 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyindōng běi

MeaningNortheast China

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 3

SyntaxNoun

Word东北

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3.

Example Sentences with 东北

dōng东

běi北

de的

dōng冬

tiān天

hěn很

lěng冷

。

Winter in the northeast is very cold.

wǒ我

de的

jiā家

zài在

Dōng东

běi北

。

My home is in Northeast China.

dōng东

běi北

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

sēn森

lín林

。

Northeast China has many forests.

shěn沈

yáng阳

shì是

dōng东

běi北

zhòng重

yào要

de的

gōng工

tā他

de的

kǒu口

yīn音

hěn很

dú独

tè特

，

yì一

tīng听

yè

业

chéng城

shì市

。

Shenyang is an important industrial city in Northeast China

jiù就

zhī知

dào道

shì是

dōng东

běi北

rén人

。

His accent is very distinctive; you can tell he's from Northeast China as soon as you hear him.

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 东北.

Words with 东

东西dōng xiHSK 1
东南dōng nánHSK 3
东方Dōng fāngHSK 3
东部dōng bùHSK 4
房东fáng dōngHSK 4
股东gǔ dōngHSK 6
东道主dōng dào zhǔHSK 6
东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngHSK 6

Words with 北

北京běi jīngHSK 1
北方běi fāngHSK 3
西北Xī běiHSK 3
北部běi bùHSK 4
北极běi jíHSK 6
北美洲Běi měi zhōuHSK 6
南辕北辙nán yuán běi zhéHSK 6

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