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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

南北

nánběi

north and south

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

north and south

02

north to south

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 南北 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 南北 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

解放路是一条南北走向的路。jiě fàng lù shì yī tiáo nán běi zǒu xiàng de lù。

No published English translation for this sentence.

阿尔卑斯山形成南北欧两地之间的天堑。ā ěr bēi sī shān xíng chéng nán běi ōu liǎng dì zhī jiān de tiān qiàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 南北.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 南北.

Directly before

  • 形成南北1
  • 一条南北1

Directly after

  • 南北欧1
  • 南北走向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 南北

What does 南北 mean in Chinese?

南北 (nánběi) means north and south.

How do you pronounce 南北?

南北 is pronounced nánběi.

Is 南北 an HSK word?

南北 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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