北 běi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
北边
běibian
north side
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 北边有一个公园。 Běibian yǒu yí ge gōngyuán. There's a park to the north.
- 北边很冷。 Běibian hěn lěng. It's very cold in the north.
- 北边是学校。 Běibian shì xuéxiào. The school is to the north.
- 我家北边有山。 Wǒ jiā běibian yǒu shān. There are mountains north of my home.
- 你们家在北边吗？ Nǐmen jiā zài běibian ma? Is your home in the north?
- 北边的商店很远。 Běibian de shāngdiàn hěn yuǎn. The shop on the north side is far away.
- 老师从北边进来。 Lǎoshī cóng běibian jìnlái. The teacher came in from the north side.
- 北边没有饭店。 Běibian méiyǒu fàndiàn. There is no restaurant on the north side.
- 去北边要坐车吗？ Qù běibian yào zuò chē ma? Do you need to take a vehicle to get to the north?
- 请在北边等我。 Qǐng zài běibian děng wǒ. Please wait for me on the north side.
Related words
- 北 běi north
- 北京 Běijīng Beijing
- 北方 běifāng the north
- 东北 dōngběi northeast
- 西北 xīběi northwest
- 北部 běibù northern part; the north
- 北极 běijí the North Pole
- 南北 nánběi north and south
- 北美洲 Běiměizhōu North America
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that contradicts one's goal; to go in the opposite direction
- 东边 dōngbian east side
- 后边 hòubian back, behind