- 北方人 běifāngrén northernera person from the northern part of a country, specifically northern China
- 北方邦 běifāngbāng Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh, a state in northern India.
- 北方话 běifānghuà northern dialectsThe group of Chinese dialects spoken in northern China and parts of the southwest, which serves as the foundation for modern standard Mandarin; also known as Mandarin dialects.
- 中国北方工业公司 zhōngguóběifānggōngyègōngsī NorincoChina North Industries Corporation, also known as Norinco; a Chinese state-owned defense and industrial company
- 北方民族大学 běifāngmínzúdàxué Beifang University of NationalitiesBeifang University of Nationalities (NNU), located in Yinchuan, Ningxia; formerly known as the Northwest Second College for Nationalities
- 东北方 dōngběifāng northeastthe direction between north and east; northeast; northeastern
- 西北方 xīběifāng northwestthe northwest direction; northwestern region
- 中国北方航空 zhōngguóběifānghángkōng China Northern Airlinesformer major airline based in Shenyang, China, which merged into China Southern Airlines in 2003
- 北方中杜鹃 běifāngzhōngdùjuān oriental cuckoo(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
- 北方佬 běifānglǎo northernernortherner; person from the north; yankee
- 北方工业 běifānggōngyè Norinco(bound form) China North Industries Corporation, a state-run defense and industrial conglomerate
- 北方战争 běifāngzhànzhēng Great Northern WarThe conflict (1700–1721) where a coalition led by Russia contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe.
