| 1 | 北京 | 北京 | běi jīng | Bei3 jing1 | Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government | | |
| 2 | 北 | 北 | běi | bei3 | north; (classical) to be defeated | | |
| 3 | 北方 | 北方 | běi fāng | bei3 fang1 | north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River | | |
| 4 | 东北 | 東北 | dōng běi | Dong1 bei3 | northeast; Northeast China; Manchuria | | |
| 5 | 西北 | 西北 | xī běi | xi1 bei3 | Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) | | |
| 6 | 南北 | 南北 | nán běi | nan2 bei3 | north and south; north to south | | |
| 7 | 北平 | 北平 | běi píng | Bei3 ping2 | Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) | | |
| 8 | 河北 | 河北 | hé běi | He2 bei3 | Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀 , capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄 | | |
| 9 | 湖北 | 湖北 | hú běi | Hu2 bei3 | Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂 | | |
| 10 | 北京市 | 北京市 | běi jīng shì | Bei3 jing1 Shi4 | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; one of the four municipalities 直辖市 | | |
| 11 | 华北 | 華北 | huá běi | Hua2 bei3 | North China | | |
| 12 | 以北 | 以北 | yǐ běi | yi3 bei3 | to the north of (suffix) | | |
| 13 | 陕北 | 陝北 | shǎn běi | Shan3 bei3 | Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安 , a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命圣地 | | |
| 14 | 北半球 | 北半球 | běi bàn qiú | Bei3 ban4 qiu2 | Northern Hemisphere | | |
| 15 | 北美 | 北美 | běi měi | Bei3 mei3 | North America | | |
| 16 | 北极 | 北極 | běi jí | bei3 ji2 | the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole | | |
| 17 | 南北朝 | 南北朝 | nán běi cháo | Nan2 Bei3 chao2 | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) | | |
| 18 | 北上 | 北上 | běi shàng | bei3 shang4 | to go up north | | |
| 19 | 北纬 | 北緯 | běi wěi | bei3 wei3 | north latitude | | |
| 20 | 北宋 | 北宋 | běi sòng | Bei3 Song4 | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | | |
| 21 | 北美洲 | 北美洲 | běi měi zhōu | Bei3 mei3 zhou1 | North America | | |
| 22 | 北面 | 北面 | běi miàn | bei3 mian4 | northern side; north | | |
| 23 | 西北部 | 西北部 | xī běi bù | Xi1 bei3 bu4 | northwest part | | |
| 24 | 北海 | 北海 | běi hǎi | Bei3 hai3 | 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 | | |
| 25 | 北魏 | 北魏 | běi wèi | Bei3 Wei4 | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑 | | |