běi

HSK 1
common
noun
verb

Meaning of

北 means north; northern direction; northern region (of China). Pronounced běi. HSK 1.

  • north; northern direction
  • northern region (of China)
  • surname Bei

Character Info

Radical
Strokes5
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

men
xué
xiào
zài
chéng
shì
de
běi
biān
 

Our school is on the north side of the city.

Qīng
chén
miàn
xiàng
tài
yáng
 
zuó
shǒu
biān
jiù
shì
běi
 

Face the sun in the morning, your left side is north.

Zhè
zuò
běi
fáng
nián
dōu
hěn
liáng
shuǎng
 

This north-facing house is cool all year round.

Běi
fēng
guā
lái
de
shí
hou
 
tiān
huì
biàn
de
hěn
lěng
 

When the north wind blows, the weather will get very cold.

zhí
wǎng
běi
biān
zǒu
 
zhōng
zhǎo
dào
le
ge
cūn
zhuāng
 

He kept walking north and finally found that village.