北
běibèi HSK1

north

北 běi frequency
north noun
north; the direction to the left when facing the rising sun; northern part of a country or region

南半部属于荷兰，北半部属于法国。

nán bàn bù shǔ​yú hé​lán, běi bàn bù shǔ​yú fǎ​guó.

The southern part belongs to the Netherlands while the northern part belongs to France.

to be defeated
(literary) to be defeated; to lose a battle and flee
surname
a Chinese surname
北 bèi
to betray
(archaic) to turn one's back on; to violate or betray

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Antonym

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
315th most common 707.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,129th most common 80.4 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
30.1 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
103.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5317

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)