西北方
xī běi fāng
Pinyin

Definition

西北方
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xī běi fāng
  1. northwest
  2. northwestern

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
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
对方
duì fāng
  1. 1 counterpart
  2. 2 other person involved
  3. 3 opposite side
  4. 4 other side
  5. 5 receiving party
方
Fāng
  1. 1 surname Fang
方便
fāng biàn
  1. 1 convenient
  2. 2 suitable
  3. 3 to facilitate
  4. 4 to make things easy
  5. 5 having money to spare
  6. 6 (euphemism) to relieve oneself
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
方式
fāng shì
  1. 1 way
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 style
  4. 4 mode
  5. 5 pattern
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
方法
fāng fǎ
  1. 1 method
  2. 2 way
  3. 3 means
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
方面
fāng miàn
  1. 1 respect
  2. 2 aspect
  3. 3 field
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
东方
Dōng fāng
  1. 1 the East
  2. 2 the Orient
  3. 3 two-character surname Dongfang
东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
西安
Xī ān
  1. 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
  2. 2 see 西安區|西安区[Xī ān qū]
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
下方
xià fāng
  1. 1 underneath
  2. 2 below
  3. 3 the underside
  4. 4 world of mortals
  5. 5 to descend to the world of mortals (of Gods)
中方
Zhōng fāng
  1. 1 the Chinese side (in an international venture)
何方
hé fāng
  1. 1 where?
偏方
piān fāng
  1. 1 folk remedy
  2. 2 home remedy

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)
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
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
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 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. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
外圆内方
wài yuán nèi fāng
  1. 1 lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. velvet glove
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly
志在四方
zhì zài sì fāng
  1. 1 to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)

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