# 北方 (běifāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 北方 (běifāng) means “the north”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the north
- Pinyin: běifāng (bei3 fang1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 北方的冬天非常冷。
  Běifāng de dōngtiān fēicháng lěng.
  Winter in the north is very cold.

## Characters

- [北](https://hanziro.com/word/bei-north/) (běi): north; northern
- [方](https://hanziro.com/word/fang-square/) (fāng): square; power or involution (math.)

https://hanziro.com/word/bei-fang-north/

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