河北
Hé běi
Pinyin

Definition

河北
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Hé běi
  1. Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
河
hé
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
以北
yǐ běi
  1. 1 to the north of (suffix)
冰河
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sample Sentences

这里是燕郊，夹在京津之间的一块飞地，河北三河市的一个镇，距离天安门仅有三十多公里。
zhèlǐ shì yānjiāo ，jiā zài Jīng jīn zhījiān de yī kuài fēidì ，Héběi Sānhéshì de yī ge zhèn ，jùlí Tiānānmén jǐn yǒu sānshí duō gōnglǐ 。
This is Yanjiao, an enclave sandwiched between Beijing and Tianjin, a town in Sanhe City, Hebei Province, just over 30 kilometers from Tiananmen Square.
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那河南河北呢？
nà Hénán Héběi ne ？
Then what about Henan and Hebei?
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