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Radicals in this Character

丬 pán splinter
匕 bǐ spoon

Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
bei3	baak1, bak1	baak1, bak1	north / to be defeated (classical)

Common Chinese Words Using 北

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
北京 Learn more	bei3 jing1	baak1, bak1 ging1	baak1, bak1 ging1	Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
台北 Learn more	tai2 bei3	yi4, toi4 baak1, bak1	ji4, toi4 baak1, bak1	Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
东北 Learn more	dong1 bei3	dung1 baak1, bak1	dung1 baak1, bak1	northeast china / manchuria
湖北 Learn more	hu2 bei3	wu4 baak1, bak1	wu4 baak1, bak1	Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢\|武汉[Wu3 han4]
河北 Learn more	he2 bei3	ho4 baak1, bak1	ho4 baak1, bak1	Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊\|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
北方 Learn more	bei3 fang1	baak1, bak1 fong1	baak1, bak1 fong1	north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
西北 Learn more	xi1 bei3	sai1 baak1, bak1	sai1 baak1, bak1	northwest

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