xiàng​běi

northward

向北 xiàng​běi
northward preposition
moving or directed toward the north

We kept walking north along this road.

facing north verb
oriented or positioned toward the north

All the balconies in this apartment are north-facing, so there is very little natural light inside.

Frequency

Written text
5.15 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)