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  *北* | 北* | *北
north / (classical) to be defeated
HSK 1
north / north side / northern part / to the north of
HSK 1
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
north and south / north to south
HSK 5
the North Pole; the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
HSK 5
to visit North Korea
North Dakota, US state
North Point district of Hong Kong
Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)
Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province / see also 龍潭|龙潭 / Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县, north Taiwan
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
Zitong county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
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  *縱* | 縱* | *縱
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if
Hsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
the peoples north, west and south of China
the area north of the Great Wall
Polaris / North Star
North America
north latitude
the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
Daegu Metropolitan City, capital of North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道 in east South Korea
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  *燕* | 燕* | *燕
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan
north Europe / Scandinavia
Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei / Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县, north Taiwan
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
Cantabria in north Spain
special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
North Africa
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
North Star / Polaris
Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲
North China
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
Daegu Metropolitan City, capital of North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道 in east South Korea
(Tw, HK) North Korea
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
North America
North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
to go up north
Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真 people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Raleigh, capital of North Carolina
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
North Asia
North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1]
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  *朔* | 朔* | *朔
beginning / first day of lunar month / north
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea 忠清北道
Brittany, area in the north-west of France
Tripoli, capital of Libya / Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
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  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland
Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology / Atlas Mountains in North Africa
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
Castilla-Leon, north Spanish province
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
south and north poles
northern side / north
Luzon Island, north Philippines
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
North Carolina, US state
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
North China Plain
Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
North Dakota, US state
Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852
Irish Sea between Ireland and north England
North Carolina, US state
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
north city district / Chengbei district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市, Qinghai
ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
punitive expedition to the north
Longchuan county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong / Ryongchon, town in North Korea
name of several rivers / North Luo river, tributary of Wei river 渭河 in Shaanxi
Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers
Akita prefecture of north Japan
east, south, west and north / all directions
Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
Appalachian Mountains in North America
North Sea Fleet
Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu / Hsinpei or New Taipei city in north Taiwan

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