西北

Xī běi

HSK 2freq #7263

Meanings

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Xī běi

1.Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)

xī běi

1.northwest

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Wiktionary

1.northwest
2.summer shower; convectional rain
3.Northwest China (a region of China; consisting of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)
4.(historical) Northwest China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Xi'an, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang)

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Stroke order

Components

西兀囗

北匕

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

他們向西北方向進軍，進入了謝南多厄河谷。
They marched northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.

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Synonyms

雷陣雨西北雨雷暴雨雷雨偏東雨風時雨風時水忽雷雨晡時雨方時雨時雨天雷雨天雷猛雨

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Derived terms

吸西北風吸西北风喝西北風喝西北风嗑西北風嗑西北风落西北西北地區西北地区西北季風西北季风西北雨西北風西北风西北颱西北台大西北東南一尉，西北一候东南一尉，西北一候

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Related words

西北方 northwest 西北雨 thundershower (Tw)西北部 northwest part 喝西北风 (lit.) to drink the northwest wind (idiom)西北大学 Northwest University 东南西北 east, south, west and north 东南西北中 the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle 西北航空公司 Northwest Airlines 西北工业大学 Northwestern Polytechnical University 西北农林科技大学 Northwest A&F University