北边

Character by character

• 北běi5 strokesHSK 1north; northern; northward
• 边biān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 邊edge, margin, side, border

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 风从北边来。

  Fēng cóng běi biān lái

  The wind is blowing from the north.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 北边. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 边biānHSK 2

  side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously

• 身边shēn biānHSK 2

  at one's side; on hand

• 一边yī biānHSK 1

  one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

• 旁边páng biānHSK 1

  side; adjacent place

• 北běiHSK 1

  north; (classical) to be defeated

• 那边nà bianHSK 1

  over there; yonder

• 这边zhè biānHSK 1

  this side; here

• 右边yòu bianHSK 1

  right side; right, to the right

• 左边zuǒ bianHSK 1

  left; the left side; to the left of

• 边缘biān yuánHSK 6

  edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

• 北京běi jīngHSK 1

  Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China

• 北方běi fāngHSK 2

  north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River

• 北部běi bùHSK 3

  northern part

• 路边lù biānHSK 2

  curb; roadside; wayside

• 边境biān jìngHSK 5

  frontier; border

• 东北dōng běiHSK 2

  northeast

• 周边zhōu biānHSK 7

  periphery; rim; surroundings; all around; perimeter; peripheral (computing); spin-offs

• 边界biān jièHSK 7

  boundary; border

• 两边liǎng bianHSK 4

  either side; both sides

• 西北xī běiHSK 2

  northwest

• 海边hǎi biānHSK 2

  coast; seaside; seashore; beach

• 里边lǐ bianHSK 1

  inside

• 南北nán běiHSK 5

  north and south; north to south

• 外边wài bianHSK 1

  outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home