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Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
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  *北* | 北* | *北
north / (classical) to be defeated
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north / north side / northern part / to the north of
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north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
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northeast
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northwest
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northern part
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the North Pole; the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
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north and south / north to south
HSK 5
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
to the north of (suffix)
(astronomy) Big Dipper
north central area
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju 清州市
North Korea
Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
North America
Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
east west south north
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
North Carolina, US state
Hebei opera
Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords
lit. Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
the Northern Hemisphere
North China
northward / facing north
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
to go up north
Jiangbei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆 / Jiangbei, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen / abbr. for 北京上海廣州深圳|北京上海广州深圳
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
north Europe / Scandinavia
Northeast China; Manchuria
Beitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区, Xinjiang
Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu / Hsinpei or New Taipei city in north Taiwan
North Africa
Pubei, a county in Qinzhou City 欽州市|钦州市, Guangxi
(literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
Northern Dynasties (386-581)
Beijing Forestry University
(Tw, HK) North Korea
Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Gulf of Tonkin
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
east, south, west and north / all directions
north latitude
Arctic ocean
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
(old) territories north of the Great Wall
north side / north face
Songbei district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北, 華北|华北 and 西北
North Carolina, US state
Beijiang River
see 江北區|江北区 / Chongqing's main airport
North tower / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
North Holland, a province of the Netherlands
Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
northern side / north
the area north of the Great Wall
Luobei county in Hegang 鶴崗|鹤岗, Heilongjiang
Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) / one of the Northern Dynasties
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to travel extensively
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
North Asia
northern extremity
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taipei, capital of Taiwan

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