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北方

北方

Chinese

		north	square; quadrilateral; direction square; quadrilateral; direction; just
simp. and trad. (北方)		北	方

Noun

北方

the northern area (of a country)

Usage notes

In China, 北方 usually refers to the area to the north of the Yellow River.

Derived terms

北方人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	方
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	ほう > ぽう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

北方 ‎(hiragana ほっぽう, romaji hoppō, historical hiragana ほくぱう)

north, northern area

Related terms

東方 (とうほう) ‎(tōhō): east, eastern area
西方 (せいほう) ‎(seihō): west, western area
南方 (なんぽう) ‎(nanpō): south, southern area

Etymology

From 北 (běi, “northern”) + 方 (fāng, “region”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): běifāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ fong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-fông
Min Nan (POJ): pak-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: běifāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeifang
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ fong¹
  - Yale: bāk fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ fong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: bed` fong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ fong¹
  - IPA: /pet̚² foŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak-hong
  - Tâi-lô: pak-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakhofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/