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

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Words Containing 北

北京
běi jīng

Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China

北方
běi fāng

north

北极
běi jí

the North Pole; the Arctic Pole

北边
běi biān

north

北部
běi bù

northern part

南北
nán běi

north and south

东北
dōng běi

Northeast China

西北
xī běi

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

一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi

to live miles apart (idiom)

三北
sān běi

China's three northern regions, 東北|东北[dōng běi], 華北|华北[huá běi] and 西北[xī běi]

三北防护林
sān běi fáng hù lín

Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050

丘北
qiū běi

Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

丘北县
qiū běi xiàn

Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

中俄北京条约
zhōng é běi jīng tiáo yuē

the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia

中北大学
zhōng běi dà xué

North University of China (Shanxi)

中北部
zhōng běi bù

north central area

中国北方工业公司
zhōng guó běi fāng gōng yè gōng sī

China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

中国西北边陲
zhōng guó xī běi biān chuí

border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)

中华台北
zhōng huá tái běi

Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events

全罗北道
quán luó běi dào

North Jeolla Province, in west South Korea, capital Jeonju 全州[quán zhōu]

北上
běi shàng

to go up north

北上广
běi shàng guǎng

Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

北上广深
běi shàng guǎng shēn

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen

北亚
běi yà

North Asia

北京中医药大学
běi jīng zhōng yī yào dà xué

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

北京人
běi jīng rén

Beijing resident

北京南苑机场
běi jīng nán yuàn jī chǎng

Beijing Nanyuan Airport, military air base and secondary civil airport of Beijing

北京周报
běi jīng zhōu bào

Beijing Review

北京咳
běi jīng ké

\Beijing cough\, respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems

北京国家游泳中心
běi jīng guó jiā yóu yǒng zhōng xīn

Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

北京国家体育场
běi jīng guó jiā tǐ yù chǎng

Beijing National Stadium

北京外国语大学
běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)

北京大学
běi jīng dà xué

Peking University

北京大兴国际机场
běi jīng dà xīng guó jì jī chǎng

Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)

北京工人体育场
běi jīng gōng rén tǐ yù chǎng

Workers Stadium

北京工业大学
běi jīng gōng yè dà xué

Beijing University of Technology

北京市
běi jīng shì

Beijing

北京师范大学
běi jīng shī fàn dà xué

Beijing Normal University

北京广播学院
běi jīng guǎng bō xué yuàn

Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學|中国传媒大学[zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué]

北京教育学院
běi jīng jiào yù xué yuàn

Beijing Institute of Education

北京日报
běi jīng rì bào

Beijing Daily (newspaper), www.bjd.com.cn

北京时间
běi jīng shí jiān

Chinese Standard Time

北京晚报
běi jīng wǎn bào

Beijing Evening News

北京晨报
běi jīng chén bào

Beijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018

北京林业大学
běi jīng lín yè dà xué

Beijing Forestry University

北京核武器研究所
běi jīng hé wǔ qì yán jiū suǒ

Nuclear Weapon Institute in Beijing

北京汽车制造厂有限公司
běi jīng qì chē zhì zào chǎng yǒu xiàn gōng sī

Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)

北京烤鸭
běi jīng kǎo yā

Peking Duck

北京物资学院
běi jīng wù zī xué yuàn

Beijing Materials University

北京猿人
běi jīng yuán rén

Peking ape-man

北京理工大学
běi jīng lǐ gōng dà xué

Beijing Institute of Technology

北京环球金融中心
běi jīng huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Beijing World Financial Center, skyscraper

北京产权交易所
běi jīng chǎn quán jiāo yì suǒ

China Beijing Equity Exchange (CBEX)

北京瘫
běi jīng tān

\Beijing slouch\, sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优[gě yōu]

北京科技大学
běi jīng kē jì dà xué

University of Science and Technology Beijing

北京第二外国语学院
běi jīng dì èr wài guó yǔ xué yuàn

Beijing International Studies University (BISU)

北京舞蹈学院
běi jīng wǔ dǎo xué yuàn

Beijing Dance Academy

北京航空航天大学
běi jīng háng kōng háng tiān dà xué

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

北京艺术学院
běi jīng yì shù xué yuàn

Beijing Academy of Fine Arts

北京话
běi jīng huà

Beijing dialect

北京语言大学
běi jīng yǔ yán dà xué

Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

北京语言学院
běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn

Beijing Language Institute

北京电影学院
běi jīng diàn yǐng xué yuàn

Beijing Film Academy

北京青年报
běi jīng qīng nián bào

Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949

北京音
běi jīng yīn

Beijing pronunciation

北伐
běi fá

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

北伐军
běi fá jūn

the Northern Expeditionary Army

北佬
běi lǎo

northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese)

北仑
běi lún

Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang

北仑区
běi lún qū

Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[níng bō shì], Zhejiang

北侧
běi cè

north side

北冕座
běi miǎn zuò

Corona Borealis (constellation)

北冰洋
běi bīng yáng

Arctic ocean

北半球
běi bàn qiú

Northern Hemisphere

北卡罗来纳
běi kǎ luó lái nà

North Carolina, US state

北卡罗来纳州
běi kǎ luó lái nà zhōu

North Carolina, US state

北印度语
běi yìn dù yǔ

Hindi

北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ

fig. a blessing in disguise

北史
běi shǐ

History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[lǐ yán shòu] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls

北周
běi zhōu

the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581)

北噪鸦
běi zào yā

(bird species of China) Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

北回归线
běi huí guī xiàn

Tropic of Cancer

北国
běi guó

the northern part of the country

北圻
běi qí

Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period

北坡
běi pō

north slope

北埔
běi pǔ

Beipu or Peipu Township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

北埔乡
běi pǔ xiāng

Beipu or Peipu Township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

北塔
běi tǎ

North tower

北塔区
běi tǎ qū

Beita District of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[shào yáng shì], Hunan

北塘
běi táng

Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[wú xī shì], Jiangsu

北塘区
běi táng qū

Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[wú xī shì], Jiangsu

北大荒
běi dà huāng

the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)

北大西洋
běi dà xī yáng

North Atlantic

北大西洋公约组织
běi dà xī yáng gōng yuē zǔ zhī

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

北威州
běi wēi zhōu

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

北安
běi ān

Bei'an, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang

北安市
běi ān shì

Bei'an, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang

北安普敦
běi ān pǔ dūn

Northampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡[běi ān pǔ dūn jùn]

北宋
běi sòng

the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

北宋四大部书
běi sòng sì dà bù shū

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

北寒带
běi hán dài

the north frigid zone

北屯
běi tún

Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang

北屯区
běi tún qū

Beitun District of Taichung, Taiwan

北屯市
běi tún shì

Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang

北屯镇
běi tún zhèn

Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang

北山
běi shān

northern mountain

北山羊
běi shān yáng

ibex

北岛
běi dǎo

Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet

北岳
běi yuè

Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[héng shān] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]

北川
běi chuān

Beichuan, county-level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽|绵阳, Sichuan

北川县
běi chuān xiàn

Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[mián yáng], north Sichuan

北川羌族自治县
běi chuān qiāng zú zì zhì xiàn

Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[mián yáng], north Sichuan

北布拉班特
běi bù lā bān tè

Noord Brabant, Netherlands

北师大
běi shī dà

Beijing Normal University

北平
běi píng

Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)

北征
běi zhēng

punitive expedition to the north

北爱尔兰
běi ài ěr lán

Northern Ireland

北戴河
běi dài hé

Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[qín huáng dǎo shì], Hebei

北戴河区
běi dài hé qū

Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[qín huáng dǎo shì], Hebei

北投
běi tóu

Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

北投区
běi tóu qū

Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

北斗
běi dǒu

Great Bear

北斗七星
běi dǒu qī xīng

(astronomy) Big Dipper

北斗星
běi dǒu xīng

the Big Dipper

北斗卫星导航系统
běi dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)

北斗镇
běi dǒu zhèn

Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

北方中杜鹃
běi fāng zhōng dù juān

(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

北方佬
běi fāng lǎo

northerner

北方工业
běi fāng gōng yè

Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate

北方民族大学
běi fāng mín zú dà xué

Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)

北方邦
běi fāng bāng

Uttar Pradesh (state in India)

北朝
běi cháo

Northern Dynasties (386-581)

北朝鲜
běi cháo xiǎn

North Korea

北朱雀
běi zhū què

(bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)

北林
běi lín

Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[suí huà shì], Heilongjiang

北林区
běi lín qū

Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[suí huà shì], Heilongjiang

北柴胡
běi chái hú

honewort

北椋鸟
běi liáng niǎo

(bird species of China) purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)

北极光
běi jí guāng

northern lights

北极圈
běi jí quān

Arctic Circle

北极星
běi jí xīng

North Star

北极熊
běi jí xióng

polar bear

北极鸥
běi jí ōu

(bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)

北欧
běi ōu

north Europe

北欧航空公司
běi ōu háng kōng gōng sī

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

北江
běi jiāng

Beijiang River

北汽
běi qì

Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)

北洋
běi yáng

the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

北洋政府
běi yáng zhèng fǔ

the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911

北洋水师
běi yáng shuǐ shī

north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)

北洋系
běi yáng xì

Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords

北洋军
běi yáng jūn

north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution

北洋军阀
běi yáng jūn fá

the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)

北洋陆军
běi yáng lù jūn

north China army (esp. during the warlords period)

北派螳螂拳
běi pài táng láng quán

Beipai Tanglang Quan - \Northern Praying Mantis\ (Chinese Martial Art)

北流
běi liú

Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[yù lín], Guangxi

北流市
běi liú shì

Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[yù lín], Guangxi

北海
běi hǎi

Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City

北海市
běi hǎi shì

Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi

北海舰队
běi hǎi jiàn duì

North Sea Fleet

北海道
běi hǎi dào

Hokkaidō, Japan

北凉
běi liáng

Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439)

北港
běi gǎng

Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

北港镇
běi gǎng zhèn

Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

北湖区
běi hú qū

North lake district

北温带
běi wēn dài

the north temperate zone

北漂
běi piāo

to migrate to Beijing in search of better job opportunities

北汉
běi hàn

Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)

北燕
běi yān

Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)

北疆
běi jiāng

North of Xinjiang

北短翅莺
běi duǎn chì yīng

(bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)

北碚
běi bèi

Beibei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

北碚区
běi bèi qū

Beibei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

北票
běi piào

Beipiao, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[cháo yáng], Liaoning

北票市
běi piào shì

Beipiao, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[cháo yáng], Liaoning

北端
běi duān

northern extremity

北竿
běi gān

Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands

北竿乡
běi gān xiāng

Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[lián jiāng xiàn] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan

北红尾鸲
běi hóng wěi qú

(bird species of China) Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

北纬
běi wěi

north latitude

北美
běi měi

North America

北美洲
běi měi zhōu

North America

北苑
běi yuàn

Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing

北荷兰
běi hé lán

North Holland

北莱茵·威斯特法伦州
běi lái yīn · wēi sī tè fǎ lún zhōu

Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany

北蝗莺
běi huáng yīng

(bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis)

北角
běi jiǎo

North Point district of Hong Kong

北越
běi yuè

North Vietnam

北辰
běi chén

Polaris

北辰区
běi chén qū

Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

北达科他
běi dá kē tā

North Dakota, US state

北达科他州
běi dá kē tā zhōu

North Dakota, US state

北邙
běi máng

Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

北部湾
běi bù wān

Gulf of Tonkin

北镇
běi zhèn

Beizhen, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning

北镇市
běi zhèn shì

Beizhen, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning

北镇满族自治县
běi zhèn mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn

Beizhen Manzu autonomous county in Liaoning

北长尾山雀
běi cháng wěi shān què

(bird species of China) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

北门
běi mén

Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

北关
běi guān

Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[ān yáng shì], Henan