北 běi north
怎么记住“北”: 匕 spoon + 匕 spoon = north. The campers stir the soup with one spoon, point the handle of the other at the stars and argue about which way is north.
部件结构
北 = 匕 spoon + 匕 spoon
- 匕 spoon
- 匕 spoon
The campers stir the soup with one spoon, point the handle of the other at the stars and argue about which way is north.
How it came to be
Two people standing back to back, turned away from each other. A house in China faces south, so the back of everything faces north: the direction is the back, and the character is two backs.
用法
- North - 北方 (běifāng) the north, 北边 (běibian) the north side; in addresses, direction words follow this compass logic.
- Combines freely: 东北 (dōngběi) northeast, 西北 (xīběi) northwest, 北极 (běijí) the North Pole.
- Word-order note: Chinese says 东北/西北 (east-north), the reverse of English 'northeast'.
- Rare verb reading bèi 'to be defeated' survives in 败北 (bàiběi) to lose/be defeated - worth knowing but not the HSK sense.
含“北”的汉字
含“北”的词语
例句
- 咱们北京见！ Zánmen Běijīng jiàn!Let's meet in Beijing.
- 我去过北京。 Wǒ qùguò Běijīng.I've been to Beijing.
- 北京是中国的首都。 Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū.Beijing is China's capital.
- 天安门广场位于北京市中心。 Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng wèiyú Běijīng Shì zhōngxīn.Tiananmen Square is in the center of Beijing.