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西北

xī běi · xi bei/Xī běi · xi bei

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xī běi 西北

  1. northwest

Xī běi 西北

  1. Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
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Chasing a hat

  1. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)刮(guā)西北(xīběi)风(fēng)，好(hǎo)冷(lěng)啊(a)！

    There's a northwest wind today. It's so cold!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)帽子(màozi)被(bèi)吹走(chuīzǒu)了(le)！

    My hat was blown away!

  3. Liangliang

    它(tā)飞(fēi)去(qù)哪儿(nǎr)了(le)？

    Where did it fly to?

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，风(fēng)从(cóng)西北(xīběi)来(lái)，帽子(màozi)往(wǎng)东南(dōngnán)飞(fēi)。

    Look, the wind comes from the northwest, so the hat flies southeast.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)快(kuài)跟着(gēnzhe)风(fēng)去(qù)追(zhuī)吧(ba)。

    Then let us follow the wind and chase it!

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2 examples
01

这(zhè)片(piàn)沙(shā)漠(mò)位(wèi)于(yú)城(chéng)市(shì)的(de)西(xī)北(běi)部(bù)。

This desert is located in the northwest part of the city.

02

秋(qiū)天(tiān)常(cháng)刮(guā)西(xī)北(běi)风(fēng)，天(tiān)气(qì)会(huì)很(hěn)快(kuài)变(biàn)冷(lěng)。

In autumn the northwest wind often blows, and the weather quickly turns cold.

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西
xī

west

北
běi

north; (classical) to be defeated

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