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北方 běifāng

北方 běifāng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 北方 běifāng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
běifāng | bei3 fang1
English translation
north
the northern part a country
China north of the Yellow River

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Traditional form

北方 běifāng

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí
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Etymology of 北方 běifāng

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běi

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two people standing back-to-back. Based on the original meaning "back", now written as bēi . The current meaning "north" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿰?

Number of Strokes

5
Fāng

Explanation

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a pictograph of a square tool, a part of a knife, or a raft.

Positional decomposition

tóu

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 北方 běifāng

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北方 běifāng de 果树 guǒ shù , dào Qiū lái , shì zhǒng 奇景 qí jǐng .

Fruit trees in the North also make a wonderful sight in autumn.

加州 Jiā zhōu SantaMonica -- 北方 běifāng 海岸 hǎi àn 酒吧 jiǔbā Fáng .

Park Central Apartments Recreation Center -- Santa Clara, California.

北方 běifāng 南方 nán fāng , 春天 chūn tiān lǎo 刮风 guāfēng .

The north of China, unlike the south, is windy in spring.

心想 xīn xiǎng 爱伦奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī , ér 北方 běifāng lǎo 即将 jíjiāng 闯入 chuǎng rù 亚特兰大 Yà tè lán dà , féng rén 便 biàn shā , jiàn 东西 dōngxī 便 biàn shāo .

She thought of Ellen dying and of the Yankees coming into Atlanta, burning everything, killing everybody.

南方 nán fāng 雨水 Yǔ shuǐ 充沛 chōngpèi , 北方 běifāng 比较 bǐjiào 干燥 gānzào .

It is wet in the South, while the North is dry.

北方 běifāng Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 北方 běifāng and their own compounds.

北方 běifāng Compounds

See all 207 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 北方 běifāng in their composition.

  • běi
    • bēi
      • bèi , bèi , , ,
    • Chéng
      • shèng , shèng , ,
    • yàn
      • 嬿 yàn , yàn , yàn , , , yàn , ,
    • guāi , qiū , chuí , bèi , běi , , , ,
  • Fāng
    • fàng
    • fáng
    • páng
      • bàng , bǎng , bàng , bǎng , páng , bàng , bàng , pǎng , bàng , pāng , , páng , bàng , bàng , pǎng , bàng , páng , , , , , , bàng , bàng , , páng
    • Shī
      • shì , , , shī , , , ,
    • xuán
      • xuán , xuán , xuán , xuàn , xuàn , , ,
    • fāng
      • Fāng , ,
      • , , yān , , , , è , , , è ,
    • áo
    • yóu
    • fāng
    • jiǎo
      • , yāo , jiǎo , jiǎo , jiào , , jiǎo , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , ,
    • Fáng , 访 fǎng , 仿 fǎng , , fáng , fáng , fāng , lèng , fǎng , fǎng , léng , jīng , , , , fāng , guó , léng , pèi , mie , zhān , máo , pèi , fǎng , zhào , liú , shāo , fān , kuài , , fǎng , fǎng , bēng , fǎng , fāng , páng , fǎng , fáng , , kūn , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , fǎng , , fǎng , , , , ,
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