The wind is blowing from the north.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
北边
north
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
north
02
north side
03
northern part
04
to the north of
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 北边 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 北边 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The compass points to the north.
Enemies are approaching from the north side!
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 北边.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 北边.
Directly before
- 从北边2
- 的北边2
- 指向北边2
- 中国北边1
- 风从北边1
Directly after
- 北边很1
- 北边吹来1
- 北边来1
- 北边进攻1
- 北边接壤1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 北边
What does 北边 mean in Chinese?
北边 (běibiān) means north.
How do you pronounce 北边?
北边 is pronounced běibiān.
Is 北边 an HSK word?
北边 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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