北

Pinyin: běi

north; (classical) to be defeated

Example sentence

往北拐弯走到第二条弄堂就是。

Wǎng běi guǎiwān zǒu dào dì'èr tiáo lòngtáng jiùshì.

Turn north, walk to the second alley, and you're there.

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What 北 means

北 (běi) is a Chinese word meaning “north; (classical) to be defeated”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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