北

Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

• bèi倍

  times

  HSK 4
• bēi卑

  low; humble
• bèi备

  prepare; equipment
• bēi悲

  sad; sorrow
• bèi惫

  exhausted; tired
• bēi杯

  measure word (containers)

  HSK 1
• bèi狈

  in 狼狈: sorry state
• bēi碑

  stele

  HSK 7-9
• bèi背

  learn by heart

  HSK 2HSK 3
• bèi被

  by

  HSK 3
• bèi贝

  shell; cowrie
• bèi辈

  class

  HSK 5

Example sentences

Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.

1. 01

   Běijīng北京zài在Zhōngguó中国de的běifāng北方。

   Beijing is in the north of China.

2. 02

   huǒchē火车xiàng向běi北kāi开。

   The train is heading north.

3. 03

   běifāng北方dōngtiān冬天hěn很lěng冷。

   Winters in the north are very cold.

4. 04

   dìtú地图shàngbian上边shì是běi北。

   The top of the map is north.

5. 05

   wǒmen我们cóng从nán南wǎng往běi北zǒu走。

   We walked from south to north.

6. 06

   tā他zhù住zài在chéng城běi北。

   He lives in the north of the city.

Related words

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• 北京
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• 北部
• 南北
• 西北