| 北 | 371A30 22.70 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄅㄟˇ [bei3] (*ㄅㄛˋ [bo4] , *ㄅㄟˋ [bei4] ). | ||
| N. & adj. | The north, northern: 北面 the northern side; 北部，北方，北邊 the northern part; 華北 North China; 塞北 [sai4bei3], Mongolian region; 北門鎖鑰 strategic key to the north; 山東以北 north from Shantung; 北半球 Northern Hemisphere; 北雁南飛 the northern goose flies south. | |||||
| V.i. | (1) (*[bei4]) (AC) 分北三苗 divide the Three Miao tribes. (2) (*[bo4]) (AC) 士無反北之心 soldiers do not turn rebellious (=背). | |||||
| Adv. | (1) Northward: 北上 go up north, similarly 北征 campaign in the north; 北狩 (of king) make hunting trip in the north, also (of king) visit the north; 北奔 escape north. (2) Defeated: 敗北. (3) Facing north: 北面稱臣 ([bei3]) or (*[bo4]) (AC) make obeisance as vassal to king whose throne always faces south (南面). | |||||
| Words | 1. 北朝 [bei3chao2], n., The Northern Dyns. (396-581 A.D.) esp. 南北朝 The South and North Dyns. 2. 北闕 [bei3qUe4], n., the emperor's court (in the north). 3. 北大西洋公約組織 [bei3da4xi1yang2gong1yUe4zu3zhi1], n., North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 4. 北道主人 [bei3dao4zhu3ren2], n., (LL) the host (=東道). 5. 北斗 [bei2dou3], n., North Star, the pol-estar. 6. 北伐 [bei3fa2], n. & v.i., the Northern Expedition; to fight north. 7. 北瓜 [bei3gua1], n., a kind of melon. 8. 北回歸線 [bei3hui2gui1xian4], n., northern latitude 23.51°, line of summer solstice. 9. 北京 [bei3jing1], n., usu. called Peking (now 北平); 北京人 Peking man (anthropology). 10. 北極 [bei3ji2], n., the North Pole, the Arctic; 北極圈 [bei3ji2qUan1], Arctic circle; 北極海 [bei3ji2hai3], the Arctic sea; 北極光 [bei3ji2guang1], aurora borealis; 北極熊 [bei3ji2xiong2], the Polar bear. 11. 北至 [bei3zhi4], n., summer solstice. 12. 北里 [bei2li3], n., (LL) red-light district. 13. 北美洲 [pei2mei3zhou1], n., North America. 14. 北平 [bei3ping2], n., Peiping (Northern Peace), formerly, Peking (Northern Capital), cf. Nanking (Southern Capital). 15. 北緯 [bei2wei3], n., northern latitudes. 16. 北洋 [bei3yang2], n., as in 北洋軍閥 name of group of military governors dominating China for three decades until 1927. | |||||