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běi

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English Definition	north; (classical) to be defeated
Simplified Script	北
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	běi
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	bak¹
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Topical Word Lists	Part of geography/5 directions Part of geography/compass points
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1 TOCFL=3

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Words With Same Head Word
北部	běibù	northern part
北方	běifāng	north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
北京	běijīng	Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
北京时间	běijīng shíjiān	Chinese Standard Time
北京市	běijīng shì	Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; one of the four municipalities 直辖市

Words With Same Tail Word
东北	dōngběi	northeast; Northeast China; Manchuria
西北	xīběi	northwest; Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
河北	héběi	Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄
湖北	húběi	Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂, capital Wuhan 武汉
南北	nánběi	north and south; north to south

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