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西北 (xī běi): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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西北

西北 (xī běi): Northwest China (Shaanxi (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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西北 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinxī běi

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

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 3

SyntaxNoun

Word西北

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Example Sentences with 西北

Wǒ我

de的

yé爷

ye爷

lái来

zì自

Zhōng中

guó国

de的

Xī西

běi北

。

My grandfather is from Northwest China.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 西北.

Words with 西

东西dōng xiHSK 1
西瓜xī guāHSK 2
西南xī nánHSK 3
西方Xī fāngHSK 3
西部xī bùHSK 4
西红柿xī hóng shìHSK 4
西装xī zhuāngHSK 5
西餐xī cānHSK 5

Words with 北

北京běi jīngHSK 1
东北Dōng běiHSK 3
北方běi fāngHSK 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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