北方
běi​fāng HSK2

north

北方 běi​fāng
north noun
The direction of north; a region or area located in the north of a country.

一个兄弟为北方而战，另一个为南方战斗。

yī​ge xiōng​dì wèi běi​fāng ér zhàn, lìng yī​ge wèi nán​fāng zhàn​dòu.

One brother fought for the North and the other for the South.

根据太阳的方向找到北方。

gēn​jù tài​yang de fāng​xiàng zhǎo dào běi​fāng.

Find north based on the direction of the sun.

northern China noun
The northern part of China, specifically the area north of the Yellow River or the Yangtze River.

我来自中国北方。

wǒ lái​zì zhōng​guó běi​fāng.

I am from northern China.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
9.66 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
26.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)