北 běi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
北美洲
Běiměizhōu
North America
Characters in this word
洲 zhōu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 州 state, province, prefecture
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 北美洲的移民历史，使当地文化呈现出多元而复杂的面貌。 Běiměizhōu de yímín lìshǐ, shǐ dāngdì wénhuà chéngxiàn chū duōyuán ér fùzá de miànmào. The history of immigration in North America has given local culture a diverse and complex character.
- 北美洲的冬天很长，北部常常下大雪。 Běiměizhōu de dōngtiān hěn cháng, běibù chángcháng xià dàxuě. Winters in North America are long, and heavy snow often falls in the north.
- 他计划明年夏天去北美洲旅行。 Tā jìhuà míngnián xiàtiān qù Běiměizhōu lǚxíng. He plans to travel to North America next summer.
Related words
- 北 běi north
- 北边 běibian north side
- 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
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that contradicts one's goal; to go in the opposite direction
- 美 měi beautiful
- 美好 měihǎo wonderful