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  *北* | 北* | *北
north / (classical) to be defeated
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Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
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north / north side / northern part / to the north of
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northeast
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northwest
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north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
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northern part
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north and south / north to south
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the North Pole; the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
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Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店, Beijing
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Shibei district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
north latitude
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
North Point district of Hong Kong
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
North America
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Yubei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Arctic Circle
north Europe / Scandinavia
Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)
Hebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊市|石家庄市 (abbr. to )
Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市, Heilongjiang
northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan
Northern Mariana Islands
Polaris / North Star
Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
North Africa
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Northeast China; Manchuria
Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
North Star / Polaris
Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武漢市|武汉市 (abbr. to )
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)
(Tw, HK) North Korea
Jiangbei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆 / Jiangbei, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
North America
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
polar bear
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
to go up north
Peking University
the Northern Expeditionary Army
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
North Asia
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Quebec province, Canada
Liubei district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
Northern Dynasties (386-581)
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
northwest / northwestern
Tropic of Cancer
(coll.) Taipei Railway Station (abbr. for 台北車站|台北车站) (Tw)
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
to travel extensively
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
south and north poles
northern side / north
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Gulf of Tonkin
North Carolina, US state
arctic fox
the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
Qinbei district of Qinzhou city 欽州市|钦州市, Guangxi
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Beihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
North China Plain
Hebei opera
North Dakota, US state
North Dakota, US state
the Big Dipper / the Plow
thundershower (Tw)
North Carolina, US state
Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
north city district / Chengbei district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市, Qinghai
Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439)
Gangbei district of Guigang city 貴港市|贵港市, Guangxi
Pubei county in Qinzhou 欽州|钦州, Guangxi
Huaibei, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

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