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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
HSK 2
northern part
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the North Pole; the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
HSK 5
Northern Ireland
North America
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
Polaris / North Star
Northern Hemisphere
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
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
north Europe / Scandinavia
northern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains 天山)
northern frontier
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
Beitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区, Xinjiang
North Africa
Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市, Heilongjiang
Northern Dynasties (386-581)
Beijing Forestry University
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Gulf of Tonkin
north latitude
Arctic ocean
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
north side / north face
the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Arctic Circle
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
Beijiang River
North tower / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan
North Atlantic
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
northern side / north
Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
Beibei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) / one of the Northern Dynasties
(Tw, HK) North Korea
North Asia
northern extremity
North America
Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
arctic fox
the northern part of the country / the North
the north temperate zone
Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
the north frigid zone
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
North Point district of Hong Kong
Hokkaidō, Japan
Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Beijing University of Technology
the Big Dipper / the Plow
punitive expedition to the north
northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese)
Peking University
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
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
northern lights / aurora borealis
Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店, Beijing
North Vietnam / North Vietnamese
University of Science and Technology Beijing
Beihai, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
polar bear
North Star / Polaris
Peking Duck
Tropic of Cancer
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Beijing dialect
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
North Carolina, US state
North Carolina, US state
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)
Beijing Evening News
Beihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City

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