běi

north; (classical) to be defeated

HSK 1 #315

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 315th character
Radical ⼔ (21.3)
Strokes 5
Index # 227

Definitions

北 běi
  1. 1. north
  2. 2. (classical) to be defeated

Stroke order

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Words containing 北

Word Meaning
North Star; Polaris
Hokkaidō, Japan
Northern Hemisphere
Northern Ireland
Arctic Circle
North America
Beihai city in Guangxi; Beihai Park in Beijing
to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
north side; north face
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
abbr. for běi ài ěr lán, Northern Ireland
Arctic ocean
North Point district of Hong Kong
North Dakota, US state
north city district
the northern part of the country; the North
east west south north
Tropic of Cancer
Bei'an county level city in Heihe hēi hé, Heilongjiang
(fig.) all over China
Chongqing's main airport
North Asia
northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang máng shān at Luoyang in Henan
Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
Northern Dynasties (386-581)