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东北

dōng běi · dong bei/Dōng běi · dong bei

Traditional 東北

HSK 2

Meaning

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dōng běi 東北

  1. northeast

Dōng běi 東北

  1. Northeast China
  2. Manchuria
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Warm indoors

  1. Liangliang

    琦琦(qíqí)，东北(dōngběi)的(de)冬天(dōngtiān)冷(lěng)吗(ma)？

    Qiqi, is it cold in the northeast in winter?

  2. Qiqi

    很冷(hěnlěng)，可是(kěshì)屋里(wūlǐ)特别(tèbié)暖和(nuǎnhuo)。

    Very cold, but it is very warm indoors.

  3. Dengdeng

    为什么(wèishénme)？

    Why?

  4. Qiqi

    东北(dōngběi)的(de)房子(fángzi)都(dōu)有(yǒu)暖气(nuǎnqì)，我们(wǒmen)在(zài)屋里(wūlǐ)穿(chuān)短袖(duǎnxiù)。

    Houses in the northeast all have heating. We wear short sleeves inside.

  5. Liangliang

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)去(qù)东北(dōngběi)过冬(guòdōng)。

    Great! I want to spend winter in the northeast too.

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)东北(dōngběi)，不过(bùguò)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)想(xiǎng)待(dāi)在(zài)屋里(wūlǐ)！

    I want to go to the northeast, but I only want to stay indoors!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)在(zài)中(zhōng)国(guó)最(zuì)后(hòu)的(de)目(mù)的(dì)地(dì)是(shì)东(dōng)北(běi)的(de)哈(hā)尔(ěr)滨(bīn)，离(lí)北(běi)京(jīng)大(dà)概(gài)一(yì)千(qiān)公(gōng)里(lǐ)左(zuǒ)右(yòu)。

My final destination in China is the city of Harbin in the north-east, about one thousand kilometres from Beijing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

从(cóng)地(dì)图(tú)上(shàng)看(kàn)，这(zhè)座(zuò)城(chéng)市(shì)位(wèi)于(yú)省(shěng)的(de)东(dōng)北(běi)角(jiǎo)。

On the map, this city is located in the northeast corner of the province.

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东
dōng

east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)

北
běi

north; (classical) to be defeated

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