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北方
běifāng
1.
north
2.
the northern part a country
3.
China north of the Yellow River
HSK 3
Very Common • Top 5%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (8)
北方佬
běifānglǎo
northerner
北方邦
Běifāngbāng
Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
东北方
dōngběifāng
northeast
西北方
xīběifāng
northwest
北方工业
BěifāngGōngyè
Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate
北方中杜鹃
běifāngzhōngdùjuān
(Chinese bird species) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
北方民族大学
BěifāngMínzúDàxué
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)
中国北方工业公司
ZhōngguóBěifāngGōngyèGōngsī
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
Example Sentences (7)
每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。
Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le.
Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere.
Text 4
我还不习惯北方的气候，估计是天气太干。今天天气不是很冷，你怎么穿这么多？
Wǒ hái bù xíguàn běifāng de qìhòu, gūjì shì tiānqì tài gān. Jīntiān tiānqì bù shì hěn lěng, nǐ zěnme chuān zhème duō?
I'm still not used to the northern climate; I guess the weather is too dry. It's not very cold today. Why are you wearing so many clothes?
Text 1
每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。
Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le.
Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere.
Text 4
南方菜很有特点，特别是汤，味道鲜美，很多北方人都喜欢喝。
Nánfāng cài hěn yǒu tèdiǎn, tèbié shì tāng, wèidào xiānměi, hěn duō běifāng rén dōu xǐhuān hē.
Southern cuisine is very distinctive, especially the soups; they are delicious, and many northerners like to drink them.
Text 4
好啊，那里的气候和北方很不同，即使是冬天，也非常暖和，还能吃到许多新鲜的水果。等女儿一回来我就告诉她这个好消息。
Hǎo a, nàlǐ de qìhòu hé běifāng hěn bùtóng, jíshǐ shì dōngtiān, yě fēicháng nuǎnhuo, hái néng chīdào xǔduō xīnxiān de shuǐguǒ. Děng nǚ'ér yì huílai wǒ jiù gàosu tā zhège hǎo xiāoxi.
Sure, the climate there is very different from the north; even in winter, it's very warm, and you can still eat lots of fresh fruit. As soon as my daughter comes back, I'll tell her this good news.
Text 2
南方太热了，北方好一些，不冷也不热。
Nánfāng tài rè le,Běifāng hǎo yìxiē,bù lěng yě bú rè.
The south is too hot; the north is better, neither cold nor hot.
Text 3
另外，南方和北方的语言也有很大不同。
Lìngwài, nánfāng hé běifāng de yǔyán yě yǒu hěn dà bùtóng.
In addition, the languages of the south and the north are also very different.
Text 4
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