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北部湾
Běi bù Wān
Pinyin
Definition
北部湾
-
Běi bù Wān
Gulf of Tonkin
Character Decomposition
北
北
部
立
口
阝
湾
氵
亠
丨
亅
八
弓
Related Words
(20)
俱乐部
jù lè bù
1
club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
全部
quán bù
1
whole
2
entire
3
complete
北
běi
1
north
2
(classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
1
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
2
Peking
3
PRC government
部
bù
1
ministry
2
department
3
section
4
part
5
division
6
troops
7
board
8
classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
部分
bù fen
1
part
2
share
3
section
4
piece
5
CL:個|个[gè]
一部分
yī bù fen
1
portion
2
part of
3
subset
中部
zhōng bù
1
middle part
2
central section
内部
nèi bù
1
interior
2
inside (part, section)
3
internal
公安部
Gōng ān bù
1
Ministry of Public Security
北上
běi shàng
1
to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
1
Beijing resident
2
Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
1
Beijing
2
capital of People's Republic of China
3
one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北国
běi guó
1
the northern part of the country
2
the North
北大
Běi Dà
1
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
北平
Běi píng
1
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
北爱
Běi Ài
1
abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland
北斗
Běi dǒu
1
Great Bear
2
Big Dipper
3
Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
北方
běi fāng
1
north
2
the northern part a country
3
China north of the Yellow River
北极
běi jí
1
the North Pole
2
the Arctic Pole
3
the north magnetic pole
Idioms
(11)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1
to live miles apart (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
1
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2
fig. a blessing in disguise
3
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
1
the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
1
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
1
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2
(fig.) all over China
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
1
to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
1
as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men
Sample Sentences