北 (bak1 | bei3) : north

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北

bak1

bei3

[1] north; northern; northerly; northward [2] defeated

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 匕 (#21)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

北

Don't confuse with:
比

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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北方 bak1 fong1 bei3 fang1 = northern; the North

南北 naam4 bak1 nan2 bei3 = north and south

北京 bak1 ging1 bei3 jing1 = Beijing

台北 toi4 bak1 tai2 bei3 = Taipei

東北 dung1 bak1 dong1 bei3 = northeast

西北 sai1 bak1 xi1 bei3 = northwest

東南西北 dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1 dong1 nan2 xi1 bei3 = the four cardinal directions

北海 bak1 hoi2 bei3 hai3 = the North Sea; (placename) Pak Hoi

華北 waa4 bak1 hua2 bei3 = North China

北極 bak1 gik6 bei3 ji2 = arctic; the north pole
See all 162 compounds (CantoDict reports 172 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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北京的天氣怎麼樣？國
How's the weather in Beijing?

北京嗰度嘅天氣點樣？粵
How's the weather over there in Beijing?
[The 嗰度 is optional.]

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 北
Unicode code for this character: U+5317 (off-site link)

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