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 běi north / (classical) to be defeated
Results beginning with 北
 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
 Běi Dà Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
 Běi měi North America
 Běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal
 běi bù northern part
 Běi Oū north Europe / Scandinavia
 běi jí the North Pole / the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
 běi shàng to go up north
 běi miàn northern side / north
 Běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
 Běi yuē NATO / abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 Yang2 Gong1 yue1 Zu3 zhi1], North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 Běi Sòng the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
 Běi mén Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
 běi cè north side / north face
 Běi chén Polaris / North Star
 běi guó the northern part of the country / the North
 běi biān north / north side / northern part / to the north of
 běi wěi north latitude
 Běi yáng the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
 běi àn the north bank
 Běi shān northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 / at Luoyang in Henan
 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
 Běi Fēi North Africa
 Běi Wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 / branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
 běi jiāo northern suburbs
 Běi Jiāng North of Xinjiang
 Běi Wài abbr. for 北京外國語大學|北京外国语大学[Bei3 jing1 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2]
 běi duān northern extremity
 Běi yuàn Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing
 Běi Dǎo Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
 Běi hán (Tw, HK) North Korea
 Běi Qí Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)
 Běi Yà North Asia
 Běi piāo to migrate to Beijing in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit
 běi lù the northern foothills (of a mountain)
 Běi qì Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) / abbr. for 北京汽車製造廠有限公司|北京汽车制造厂有限公司[Bei3 jing1 Qi4 che1 Zhi4 zao4 chang3 You3 xian4 Gong1 si1]
 Běi Jiǎo North Point district of Hong Kong
 Běi Cháo Northern Dynasties (386-581)
 běi pō north slope
 Běi Zhōu the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) / one of the Northern Dynasties
 Běi tún Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
 Běi yuè Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
 běi zhēng punitive expedition to the north
 Běi Aì abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Bei3 Ai4 er3 lan2], Northern Ireland
 Běi ān Bei'an, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
 Běi bèi Beibei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 běi bí baby (loanword)
 Běi bù Beibu or Peipu township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 Běi chē (coll.) Taipei Railway Station (abbr. for 台北車站|台北车站[Tai2 bei3 Che1 zhan4]) (Tw)
 Běi chuān Beichuan, county-level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽|绵阳, Sichuan
 běi dí Beidi
竿 Běi gān Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands / Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan
 Běi gǎng Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 Běi guān Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
 Běi Hàn Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
 Běi jiāng Beijiang River
 běi lǎo northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese)
 Běi Liáng Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439)
 Běi lín Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
 Běi liú Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[Yu4 lin2], Guangxi
 běi liù (bird species of China) Pechora pipit (Anthus gustavi)
 Běi lún Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
 Běi Máng Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
 Běi piào Beipiao, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Chao2 yang2], Liaoning
 Běi pǔ Beipu or Peipu Township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 Běi qí Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period
 Běi qū north district of city / north zone / Pei north district of a Taiwanese city
 Běi shǐ History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[Li3 Yan2 shou4] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls
 Běi Shī Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学[Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2]
 Běi tǎ North tower / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 shi4], Hunan
 Běi táng Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
 Běi tóu Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan
 běi wān North
 Běi xiàn abbr. for 台北縣|台北县[Tai2 bei3 Xian4], Taipei County in north Taiwan
 Běi Yān Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
 Běi Yuè North Vietnam / North Vietnamese
 Běi zhèn Beizhen, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
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 Běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing
 běi jīng zhàn Beijing railway station
 Běi Shī Dà Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学[Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2]
 Běi jí xīng North Star / Polaris
 Běi dài hé Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
 Běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan
 Běi bàn qiú Northern Hemisphere
 Běi měi zhōu North America
 Běi dǒu xīng the Big Dipper / the Plow
 běi jí xióng polar bear
 běi dà huāng the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
 Běi bù Wān Gulf of Tonkin
 Běi Cháo xiǎn North Korea
 Běi bīng yáng Arctic ocean
 Běi jīng huà Beijing dialect
 Běi jí quān Arctic Circle
 běi fá jūn the Northern Expeditionary Army
 Běi Qí shū History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药[Li3 Bai3 yao4] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
 Běi ān shì Bei'an, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
 Běi bèi qū Beibei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 běi biān r erhua variant of 北邊|北边[bei3 bian1]
 Běi bù xiāng Beibu or Peipu township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 Běi cāng qū erroneous variant of 北侖區|北仑区[Bei3 lun2 qu1], Beilun district of Ningbo, Zhejiang
 běi chái hú honewort / Cryptotaenia japonica
 Běi chén qū Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
 Běi chuān xiàn Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan
 Běi dǒu zhèn Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
 Běi Er4 wài abbr. for 北京第二外國語學院|北京第二外国语学院[Bei3 jing1 Di4 er4 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Xue2 yuan4]
 Běi fāng bāng Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
 běi fāng lǎo northerner / guy from the north / Yankee
 Běi gǎng zhèn Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
竿 Běi gān xiāng Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
 Běi guān qū Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
 běi hǎi gǒu northern
 Běi hǎi shì Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
 běi hán dài the north frigid zone
 běi hàn jiāng Bukhan
 Běi Hé lán North Holland
 běi huáng yīng (bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis)
 Běi hú qū North lake district / Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 shi4], Hunan
 běi jí guāng northern lights / aurora borealis
 běi jí lóng Arctosaurus
 běi jí mái Arctic haze
 Běi jīng ké "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems
 Běi jīng Shì Beijing / capital of People's Republic of China / one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhi2 xia2 shi4]
 Běi jīng tān "Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1]
 běi jīng tún Northern right whale dolphin
 Běi jīng yīn Beijing pronunciation
 běi jí ōu (bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
 běi jí qū northern polar zone
 běi jí xiā Northern prawn
 běi jí yáo Arctic skate
 běi liáng niǎo (bird species of China) purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)
 Běi lǐng dì Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of Australia
 Běi lín Qū Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
 Běi liú shì Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[Yu4 lin2], Guangxi
 Běi lún qū Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
 běi měi yù willet
 Běi mén xiāng Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
 Běi miǎn zuò Corona Borealis (constellation)
 běi piào lóng Beipiaosaurus
 Běi piào shì Beipiao, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Chao2 yang2], Liaoning
 Běi pǔ Xiāng Beipu or Peipu Township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
广 Běi Shàng Guǎng Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou / abbr. for 北京、上海、廣州|北京、上海、广州
 běi shān yáng ibex
 Běi shì qū North city district
 Běi táng qū Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
 Běi tǎ qū North tower district / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 shi4], Hunan
 Běi tóu qū Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan
 Běi tún qū Beitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
 Běi tún shì Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Approximate Results for 北
 Hé běi Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
 Hú běi Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]
 Tái běi Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
 dōng běi northeast
西 xī běi northwest
 nán běi north and south / north to south
 Huá běi North China
 Jiāng běi Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan / Chongqing's main airport / Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
 xiàng běi northward / facing north
 yǐ běi to the north of (suffix)
 Shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 / and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
 bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
 Sān běi China's three northern regions, 東北|东北[Dong1 bei3], 華北|华北[Hua2 bei3] and 西北[Xi1 bei3]
 Gǎng běi Gangbei district of Guigang city 貴港市|贵港市[Gui4 gang3 shi4], Guangxi
 Hǎi běi Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai
 Huái běi Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui
 jí běi extreme north
 kào běi (lit.) to cry over one's dad's death (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē]) / (slang) (Tw) to rattle on / to carp / stop whining! / shut the hell up! / fuck! / damn!
 kǒu běi the area north of the Great Wall
 Liǔ běi Liubei district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi
 Luó běi Luobei county in Hegang 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang
 Mò běi Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)
 Pǔ běi Pubei county in Qinzhou 欽州|钦州[Qin1 zhou1], Guangxi
 Qīn běi Qinbei district of Qinzhou city 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi
 Qiū běi Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
 Sài běi territories beyond the Great Wall (old)
 Shuāng běi abbr. for Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4] and New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 Shi4] (Tw)
 Sōng běi Songbei district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
 Tài běi northern Thailand
 Táo běi Taobei district of Baicheng city 白城市, Jilin
 Xīn běi Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu / Hsinpei or New Taipei city in north Taiwan
 Yú běi Yubei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 Zhāng běi Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
 Zhú běi Zhubei or Chupei city in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
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西 Xī běi bù northwest part
 Nán Běi cháo Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
 Dōng běi Yà Northeast Asia
西 xī běi fāng northwest / northwestern
 dōng běi fāng northeast / northeastern
 dōng běi hǔ Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
 Kuí běi kè Quebec province, Canada
 nán běi cháng north-south distance
 zhǐ běi zhēn compass
 nán běi jí south and north poles
 Sōng běi qū Songbei district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
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  grid north
 Chéng běi qū north city district / Chengbei district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 shi4], Qinghai
 Gǎng běi qū Gangbei district of Guigang city 貴港市|贵港市[Gui4 gang3 shi4], Guangxi
 gǔ běi jiè Palearctic realm
 Hǎi běi zhōu Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai
 Hé běi qū Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
 Hé běi Shěng Hebei Province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀[Ji4], capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
 Huá běi lóng Huabeisaurus (Huabeisaurus allocotus)
 Huái běi shì Huaibei prefecture-level city in Anhui
 Hú běi Shěng Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]
 Jiāng běi qū Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan / Chongqing's main airport / Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
 Liǔ běi qū Liubei district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi
 Lù běi qū Lubei district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei
 Luó běi xiàn Luobei county in Hegang 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang
 nán běi Hán North and South Korea
 Nán Běi Měi North and South America
 Pǔ běi xiàn Pubei county in Qinzhou 欽州|钦州[Qin1 zhou1], Guangxi
 qīn Běi jīng pro-Beijing (stance, party etc)
 Qīn běi qū Qinbei district of Qinzhou city 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi
 Qiū běi xiàn Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
 Shěn běi xīn Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
 Shì běi qū Shibei district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
 Sù běi xiàn Subei Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
 Tái běi shì Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
 Tái běi xiàn Taipei County in north Taiwan (now renamed 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4])
 Táo běi qū Taobei district of Baicheng city 白城市, Jilin
 táo běi zhě North Korean refugee
 tuō běi zhě North Korean refugee
 Wài Dōng běi Outer Manchuria
 xiàng běi dì northward
西 xī běi yǔ thundershower (Tw)
 xīn běi jiè Nearctic realm
 Xīn běi qū Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
 Xīn běi shì New Taipei City, administrative district in north Taiwan, formerly 臺北縣|台北县[Tai2 bei3 Xian4]
 Yì běi Hé Elbe River
 Yú běi qū Yubei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 Zhá běi qū Zhabei district, central Shanghai
 Zhāng běi xiàn Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
 zhōng běi bù north central area
 zhù Běi jīng stationed in Beijing
 Zhú běi Shì Zhubei or Chupei City in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 tiān nán dì běi distant places / all over the country / (to talk) about this and that
西 dōng nán xī běi east, south, west and north / all directions
 Dōng běi Dà xué Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning) / Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
西 Xī běi Dà xué Northwest University
 nán yuán běi zhé to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
 zǒu nán chuǎng běi to travel extensively
 nán zhēng běi zhàn war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 Zhōng běi Dà xué North University of China (Shanxi)
 Tài shān Běi dǒu lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
 Dà jiāng nán běi north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
西 dōng xī nán běi east west south north
 Hé běi bāng zǐ Hebei opera
西 hē xī běi fēng lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom) / cold and hungry
 nán jī běi dǒu lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
 nán qiāng běi diào a regional accent
 nán zhēng běi fá war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 zhuī bēn zhú běi to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
 zhuī wáng zhú běi to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
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  North-East Asia Unit
 dōng běi píng yuán Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
 Hé běi Rì bào Hebei Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
 huá běi dì qū North
 huá běi píng yuán North China Plain
 Huá běi Shì biàn North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
 Huáng Hǎi běi dào North Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
 Hú běi huā qiū Chinese Rowan tree / Sorbus hupehensis or Hupeh rowan
 jí běi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Arctic warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
 Kuí běi kè shì Quebec city, capital of Quebec province of Canada
 lí kāi běi jīng to leave Beijing / to depart from Beijing
 nán běi zǒu láng North-South Corridor
 nán zhēng běi tǎo war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 Píng ān běi dào North P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea, adjacent to Liaoning
 Qìng shàng běi dào North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱[Da4 qiu1]
 Qìng shàng běi dào North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱[Da4 qiu1]
 Quán luó běi dào North Jeolla Province, in west South Korea, capital Jeonju 全州[Quan2 zhou1]
 quán qiú běi fāng global North
 Shěn běi xīn qū Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
 Tái běi jié yùn Taipei Metro
 tái běi yóu jú Taipei
 tiān nán hǎi běi see 天南地北[tian1 nan2 di4 bei3]
 Xián jìng běi dào North Hamgyeong Province in northeast of North Korea, capital Chongjin 清津市[Qing1 jin1 shi4]
西 xī běi shuǐ dào Northwest
 zhǎo bu zháo běi to be confused and disoriented
 Zhōng huá Tái běi Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
 zhōng qīng běi dào North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju 清州市
 Zhōng qīng běi dào North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju 清州市
 Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
线 dōng hǎi běi bù xiàn Donghae
西 dōng nán xī běi zhōng the five directions 五方 / east, south, west, north and middle
 Guì běi Yuè chéng lǐng Mt Yuexiu, Guanxi
 jí běi zhū dǐng què (bird species of China) Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
西 měi guó xī běi bù Northwestern
 nán běi guó shí dài North
 sān běi fáng hù lín Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050
 tái běi gōng huì táng Taipei
西 xī běi biān jìng xǐng North-West Frontier Province
西 Xī běi Gōng yè Dà xué Northwestern Polytechnical University
  Middle East and North Africa Section
西 bā xī běi bù hǎi jǐ North Brazilian Ridge
西 diān xī miǎn běi zhàn yì Battle
 dōng běi kàng rì lián jūn Northeast
 Hé běi Gōng yè Dà xué Hebei University of Technology
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