北川
北川 Běi chuān ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄢ bak1 cyun1
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北
- 北京 Běi jīng ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ bak1 ging1 Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 北方 běi fāng ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ bak1 fong1 north
- 北极北極 běi jí ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ bak1 gik6 the North Pole
- 北边北邊 běi biān ㄅㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄢ bak1 bin1 north
- 北部 běi bù ㄅㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ bak1 bou6 northern part
- 南北 nán běi ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ naam4 bak1 north and south
川
- 山川 shān chuān ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄢ saan1 cyun1 mountains and rivers
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī ㄔㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ cyun1 lau4 bat1 sik1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
- 中川 Zhōng chuān ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄢ zung1 cyun1 Nakagawa (Japanese surname and place name)
- 仁川 Rén chuān ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ jan4 cyun1 Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea
- 伊川 Yī chuān ㄧ ㄔㄨㄢ ji1 cyun1 see 伊川縣|伊川县[Yi1 chuan1 Xian4]
- 冰川 bīng chuān ㄅㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄢ bing1 cyun1 glacier
Idioms with these characters
- 北叟失马北叟失馬 běi sǒu shī mǎ ㄅㄟˇ ㄙㄡˇ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ bak1 sau2 sat1 maa5 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- 大江南北 Dà jiāng nán běi ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ daai6 gong1 naam4 bak1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
- 喝西北风喝西北風 hē xī běi fēng ㄏㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄥ hot3 sai1 bak1 fung1 lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
- 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ naam4 gei1 bak1 dau2 lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)
- 南辕北辙南轅北轍 nán yuán běi zhé ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄜˊ naam4 jyun4 bak1 cit3 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
- 百川归海百川歸海 bǎi chuān guī hǎi ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˇ baak3 cyun1 gwai1 hoi2 all things tend in one direction (idiom)
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī ㄔㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ cyun1 lau4 bat1 sik1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
- 海纳百川海納百川 hǎi nà bǎi chuān ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢ hoi2 naap6 baak3 cyun1 all rivers run into the sea
- 一马平川一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān ㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄢ jat1 maa5 ping4 cyun1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country