北方 (běifāng) means North (northern). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
北方 主要种小麦。
Běifāng zhǔyào zhòng xiǎomài.
The north mainly grows wheat.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 小麦
北方 的冬天很干燥。
Běifāng de dōngtiān hěn gānzào.
Winter in the north is very dry.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 干燥
南 北方 的口味不一样。
Nán běi fāng de kǒuwèi bù yíyàng.
Northern and southern tastes are different.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 口味
北方 的冬天十分严寒。
Běifāng de dōngtiān shífēn yánhán.
Winter in the north is bitterly cold.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严寒
山脉挡住了 北方 的冷空气。
Shānmài dǎngzhù le běifāng de lěng kōngqì.
The mountain range blocks the cold air from the north.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 山脉
南 北方 的饮食差别非常明显。
Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí chābié fēicháng míngxiǎn.
The difference between northern and southern food is very marked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 差别
南 北方 的饮食习惯差别很大。
Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí xíguàn chābié hěn dà.
Eating habits differ greatly between north and south.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饮食
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Questions about 北方
How is 北方 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 北方 (běifāng, "North (northern)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 北方 an HSK word?
Yes — 北方 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
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The dictionary page for 北方 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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