北 (běi) means North. Below are 24 of the 39 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 京烤鸭很有名。
Běijīng kǎoyā hěn yǒumíng.
Beijing roast duck is very famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 烤鸭
北 方主要种小麦。
Běifāng zhǔyào zhòng xiǎomài.
The north mainly grows wheat.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 小麦
会议在 北 京召开。
Huìyì zài Běijīng zhàokāi.
The conference is being held in Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 召开
北 风在窗外呼啸。
Běifēng zài chuāng wài hūxiào.
The north wind howled outside the window.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 呼啸
这个火车往 北 京开。
Zhège huǒchē wǎng Běijīng kāi.
This train goes towards Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 往
北 京是中国的首都。
Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū.
Beijing is the capital of China.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 首都
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
北 京的胡同很有名。
Běijīng de hútòng hěn yǒumíng.
Beijing's alleyways are famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡同
去年我去 北 京旅游了。
Qùnián wǒ qù Běijīng lǚyóu le.
Last year I travelled to Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 旅游
火车准时到达了 北 京。
Huǒchē zhǔnshí dàodá le Běijīng.
The train arrived in Beijing on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 到达
本届比赛在 北 京举行。
Běn jiè bǐsài zài Běijīng jǔxíng.
This session of the competition is held in Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 届
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
他去 北 京出差谈商务。
Tā qù Běijīng chū chāi tán shāngwù.
He went to Beijing on a business trip.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商务
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From the graded readers
哥哥今年二十岁，他在 北 京学习。
gēge jīnnián èrshí suì, tā zài běijīng xuéxí.
My brother is twenty this year and he studies in Beijing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
From the travel phrasebook
我住在 北 京饭店。
Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng Fàndiàn.
I'm staying at the Beijing Hotel.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
From the grammar library
我明天去 北 京。
Wǒ míngtiān qù Běijīng.
I'm going to Beijing tomorrow.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
我们明天去 北 京。
Wǒmen míngtiān qù Běijīng.
We are going to Beijing tomorrow.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
我明天要去 北 京。
Wǒ míngtiān yào qù Běijīng.
I'm going to Beijing tomorrow.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need
北 appears in 39 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 北
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 北
How is 北 used in a sentence?
This page shows 39 sentences using 北 (běi, "North"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 北 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 北 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 北?
The dictionary page for 北 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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