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Pinyin: běiEnglish Definition: north; to be defeated (classical)Chinese Definition: ①方向，早晨面对太阳，左手的一边，与“南”相对：北方。北辰(古书指北极星)。北上(古代以北为上，后指去本地以北的某地，与“南下”相对)。北极星(出现在天空北部的一颗亮星，人常靠它辨别方向)。北国(指中国北部)。
②打了败仗往回逃：败北。Antonyms: 南 Total strokes: 5;
Radical: 匕 Pictographic: Two people
匕 sitting back-to-back; phonetic loan for "north"
Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 匕 [ bǐ ] spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
Example Words:
北京 [
běi jīng ]: Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
北方 [
běi fāng ]: north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
北极 [
běi jí ]: the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole
Example Sentences- 只是我向东找寻，神不在那裹；我向西找寻，也找不到他；我不见他在北，因他正躲藏；又转向南，也寻不著他。
I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I turn to the south, but I cannot find him.
- 可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。
It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.
- 这座大楼朝北。
The building points to the north.
- 她承认她的儿子曾经在北卢安瓜公园偷猎过，但是只是为了家里搞些肉食而已。
She admitted that he had poached in the North Luangwa park but only to provide meat for his family.
- 其北有风景优美的比都库湖。
Its scenic north than the lake are.
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