北方 běifāng▶ norte

Stroke order

北方 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 北 — 5 strokes
• 方 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. north
2. the northern part a country
3. China north of the Yellow River

Example sentences

• 中国的北方很冷。Zhōngguó de běifāng hěn lěng.The north of China is very cold.
• 我想去北方旅游。Wǒ xiǎng qù běifāng lǚyóu.I want to travel to the north.

Related words

• 地方local
• 方便conveniente
• 方向dirección
• 方法Método
• 方面Aspecto
• 方cuadrado

北方 is pronounced běifāng and means “norte”. HSK 3 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 北方 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.