北 (bak1) — north; northern; northerly; northward in Cantonese
bakˉ¹北Mandarin Pinyin: bei3
Meaning of 北
nounnorth; northern; northerly; northward
noundefeated
Example Sentences with 北
北京的天氣怎麼樣？
How's the weather in Beijing?
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個fukˍ₆復wutˍ₆活zit˗₃節haiˍ₆係maiˍ₆咪heoi˗₃去bakˉ¹北hoiˊ²海douˍ₆道waatˍ₆滑syut3,雪,zungˍ₆重haiˍ₆係sapˍ₆十waakˍ₆劃douˉ¹都meiˍ₆未jauˏ₅有jatˉ¹一pit˗₃撇。
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
北京嗰度嘅天氣點樣？
How's the weather over there in Beijing?
ngoˏ₅我heoi˗₃去kwaiˎ₄魁bakˉ¹北hak1.克。
I'm going to Quebec.
kwaiˎ₄魁bakˉ¹北hakˉ¹克houˊ²好dung3.凍。
Quebec is very cold.
Words Containing 北
北極熊bak1 gik6 hung4
polar bear
北美bak1 mei5
North America
北朝鮮bak1 ziu1 sin1
North Korea; 北韓 used in Hong Kong and Taiwan
北極洋bak1 gik6 joeng4
Arctic Ocean
北京鴨bak1 ging1 aap2
Peking duck; roast duck
河北ho4 bak1
Hebei Province (in northern China)
北杏bak1 hang6
bitter apricot seeds (in TCM, have medicinal use)
南轅北轍naam4 jyun4 bak1 cit3
act in a way that defeats one's purpose
台北toi4 bak1
Taipei, the capital of Taiwan; also written as 臺北
北帝bak1 dai3
Beidi (lit. "Northern Emperor")
指北針zi2 bak1 zam1
a compass (for determining direction, typically 指南針)
北姑竇bak1 gu1 dau6
place where mainland prostitutes look for customers in HK
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