běi

north; northern; northward

HSK 1 #315

DEFINITIONS

北 běi
  • north
  • (classical) to be defeated

STROKES

WORDS

极星 běi jí xīng North Star; Polaris
海道 běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan
半球 běi bàn qiú Northern Hemisphere
爱尔兰 běi ài ěr lán Northern Ireland
极圈 běi jí quān Arctic Circle
美洲 běi měi zhōu North America
海 běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City; the North Sea (Europe); Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi; Bohai Sea; Lake Baikal
bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
侧 běi cè north side; north face
喝西风 hē xī běi fēng lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
爱 běi ài abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Bei3 Ai4 er3 lan2], Northern Ireland
冰洋 běi bīng yáng Arctic ocean
角 běi jiǎo North Point district of Hong Kong
达科他州 běi dá kē tā zhōu North Dakota, US state
区 chéng běi qū north city district; Chengbei district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 shi4], Qinghai
国 běi guó the northern part of the country; the North
东西南 dōng xī nán běi east west south north
回归线 běi huí guī xiàn Tropic of Cancer
安 běi ān Bei'an county level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
大江南 dà jiāng nán běi north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
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
亚 běi yà North Asia
山 běi shān northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan
方邦 běi fāng bāng Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
朝 běi cháo Northern Dynasties (386-581)