北辰
北辰 Běi chén ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄣˊ bak1 san4
- Polaris
- North Star
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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
辰
- 星辰 xīng chén ㄒㄧㄥ ㄔㄣˊ sing1 san4 stars
- 诞辰誕辰 dàn chén ㄉㄢˋ ㄔㄣˊ daan3 san4 birthday
- 丙辰 bǐng chén ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ bing2 san4 fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
- 壬辰 rén chén ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ jam4 san4 twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
- 寿辰壽辰 shòu chén ㄕㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ sau6 san4 birthday (of an old person)
- 庚辰 gēng chén ㄍㄥ ㄔㄣˊ gang1 san4 seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
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)
- 良辰吉日 liáng chén jí rì ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ loeng4 san4 gat1 jat6 fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
- 良辰美景 liáng chén měi jǐng ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ loeng4 san4 mei5 ging2 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
- 众星拱辰眾星拱辰 zhòng xīng gǒng chén ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ zung3 sing1 gung2 san4 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure