北 bak¹ {běi}

1. north
2. to be defeated (classical)

北便 bak¹ bin⁶ {běi biàn}

to the north

北帝 bak¹ dai³ {běi dì}

The Northern Emperor, a Chinese mythical god

北姑 bak¹ gu¹ {běi gū}

women who come from Northern China to Guangdong to work as prostitutes

北菇 bak¹ gu¹ {běi gū}

1. Lentinus Edodes (mushroom) 2. prostitutes from Mainland China in Hong Kong

北芪 bak¹ kei⁴ {běi qí}

Huang Qi, a flowering plant which is often used in Chinese herbology

北妹 bak¹ mui⁶ {běi mèi}

young lady from Mainland China

北嫂 bak¹ sou² {běi sǎo}

a wife or middle-aged woman from Mainland China

北亞〔-亚〕 bak¹ aa³ {Běi Yà}

North Asia

北歐〔-欧〕 bak¹ au¹ {Běi Ōu}

1. north Europe
2. Scandinavia

北鼻 bak¹ bei⁶ {běi bí}

baby (loanword)

北邊〔-边〕 bak¹ bin¹ {běi biān}

1. north
2. north side
3. northern part
4. to the north of

北坡 bak¹ bo¹ {běi pō}

north slope

北埔 bak¹ bou³ {Běi bù}

Beibu or Peipu township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣, northwest Taiwan

北部 bak¹ bou⁶ {běi bù}

northern part

北部 bak¹ bou⁶ {Běi bù}

Tonkin (region in Vietnam)

北齊〔-齐〕 bak¹ cai⁴ {Běi Qí}

Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)

北朝 bak¹ ciu⁴ {Běi Cháo}

Northern Dynasties (386-581)

北川 bak¹ cyun¹ {Běi chuān}

Beichuan county level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽, Sichuan

北大 bak¹ daai⁶ {Běi Dà}

Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學)

北斗 bak¹ dau² {Běi dǒu}

1. Great Bear
2. Big Dipper
3. Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣, Taiwan

北島〔-岛〕 bak¹ dou² {Běi Dǎo}

Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet

北端 bak¹ dyun¹ {běi duān}

northern extremity

北伐 bak¹ fat⁶ {Běi fá}

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

北非 bak¹ fei¹ {Běi Fēi}

North Africa

北方 bak¹ fong¹ {běi fāng}

1. north
2. the northern part a country
3. China north of the Yellow River

北極〔-极〕 bak¹ gik⁶ {běi jí}

1. the North Pole
2. the Arctic Pole
3. the north magnetic pole

北京 bak¹ ging¹ {Běi jīng}

1. Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
2. Peking
3. PRC government

北疆 bak¹ goeng¹ {Běi Jiāng}

North of Xinjiang

北角 bak¹ gok³ {Běi Jiǎo}

North Point district of Hong Kong

北竿 bak¹ gon¹ {Běi gān}

1. Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
2. Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣, Taiwan

北江 bak¹ gong¹ {Běi jiāng}

Beijiang River

北港 bak¹ gong² {Běi gǎng}

Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣, Taiwan

北關〔-关〕 bak¹ gwaan¹ {Běi guān}

Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市, Henan

北國〔-国〕 bak¹ gwok³ {běi guó}

1. the northern part of the country
2. the North

北汽 bak¹ hei³ {Běi qì}

1. Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)
2. abbr. for 北京汽車製造廠有限公司

北海 bak¹ hoi² {Běi hǎi}

1. Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
2. the North Sea (Europe)
3. Beihai prefecture level city and seaport in Guangxi
4. Bohai Sea
5. Lake Baikal

北漢〔-汉〕 bak¹ hon³ {Běi Hàn}

Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)

北韓〔-韩〕 bak¹ hon⁴ {Běi hán}

North Korea (esp. South Korean usage)

北燕 bak¹ jin¹ {Běi Yān}

Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)

北約〔-约〕 bak¹ joek³ {Běi yuē}

1. NATO
2. abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

北洋 bak¹ joeng⁴ {Běi yáng}

the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

北苑 bak¹ jyun² {Běi yuàn}

Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing

北縣〔-县〕 bak¹ jyun⁶ {Běi xiàn}

abbr. for 台北縣, Taipei county in north Taiwan

北越 bak¹ jyut⁶ {Běi Yuè}

1. North Vietnam
2. North Vietnamese

北區〔-区〕 bak¹ keoi¹ {Běi qū}

1. north district of city
2. north zone
3. Pei north district of a Taiwanese city

北林 bak¹ lam⁴ {Běi lín}

Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市, Heilongjiang

北流 bak¹ lau⁴ {Běi liú}

Beiliu county level city in Yulin 玉林, Guangxi

北鷚〔-鹨〕 bak¹ lau⁶ {běi liù}

(Chinese bird species) Pechora pipit (Anthus gustavi)

北侖〔-仑〕 bak¹ leon⁴ {Běi lún}

Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市, Zhejiang

北涼〔-凉〕 bak¹ loeng⁴ {Běi Liáng}

Northern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439)

北佬 bak¹ lou² {běi lǎo}

northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese)

北美 bak¹ mei⁵ {Běi měi}

North America

北面 bak¹ min⁶ {běi miàn}

1. northern side
2. north

北邙 bak¹ mong⁴ {Běi Máng}

Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

北門〔-门〕 bak¹ mun⁴ {Běi mén}

Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣, Taiwan

北魏 bak¹ ngai⁶ {Běi Wèi}

Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑

北外 bak¹ ngoi⁶ {Běi Wài}

abbr. for 北京外國語大學

北嶽〔-岳〕 bak¹ ngok⁶ {Běi yuè}

Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽

北愛〔-爱〕 bak¹ oi³ {Běi Ài}

abbr. for 北愛爾蘭, Northern Ireland

北安 bak¹ on¹ {Běi ān}

Bei'an county level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang

北平 bak¹ ping⁴ {Běi píng}

Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)

北漂 bak¹ piu¹ {Běi piāo}

migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit

北票 bak¹ piu³ {Běi piào}

Beipiao county level city in Chaoyang 朝陽, Liaoning

北碚 bak¹ pui⁵ {Běi bèi}

Beibei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

北山 bak¹ saan¹ {Běi shān}

1. northern mountain
2. refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan

北辰 bak¹ san⁴ {Běi chén}

1. Polaris
2. North Star

北史 bak¹ si² {Běi shǐ}

History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls

北上 bak¹ soeng⁵ {běi shàng}

to go up north

北宋 bak¹ sung³ {Běi Sòng}

the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

北塔 bak¹ taap³ {Běi tǎ}

1. North tower
2. Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市, Hunan

北投 bak¹ tau⁴ {Běi tóu}

Beitou or Peitou district of Taipei City 臺北市, Taiwan

北塘 bak¹ tong⁴ {Běi táng}

Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市, Jiangsu

北屯 bak¹ tyun⁴ {Běi tún}

Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區, Xinjiang

北緯〔-纬〕 bak¹ wai⁵ {běi wěi}

latitude north

北側〔-侧〕 bak¹ zak¹ {běi cè}

1. north side
2. north face

北鎮〔-镇〕 bak¹ zan³ {Běi zhèn}

Beizhen county level city in Jinzhou 錦州, Liaoning

北周 bak¹ zau¹ {Běi Zhōu}

1. the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581)
2. one of the Northern Dynasties

北征 bak¹ zing¹ {běi zhēng}

punitive expedition to the north

北方話〔--话〕 bak¹ fong¹ waa² {běi fāng huà}

Northern Chinese [language] which includes Mandarin Chinese and other dialects

北九州 bak¹ gau² zau¹ {Běi jiǔ zhōu}

Kitakyushu, a city in Japan

北極洋〔-极-〕 bak¹ gik⁶ joeng⁴ {běi jí yáng}

Arctic Ocean

北京鴨〔--鸭〕 bak¹ ging¹ aap³ {Běi jīng yā}

Peking Duck

北京路 bak¹ ging¹ lou⁶ {Běi jīng lù}

Beijing Lu, a common name used in China for roads

北姑雞〔--鸡〕 bak¹ gu¹ gai¹ {běi gū jī}

prostitute from Mainland China

北冰洋 bak¹ bing¹ joeng⁴ {Běi bīng yáng}

Arctic ocean

北埔鄉〔--乡〕 bak¹ bou³ hoeng¹ {Běi bù xiāng}

Beibu or Peipu township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣, northwest Taiwan

北部灣〔--湾〕 bak¹ bou⁶ waan¹ {Běi bù Wān}

Gulf of Tonkin

北半球 bak¹ bun³ kau⁴ {Běi bàn qiú}

Northern Hemisphere

北柴胡 bak¹ caai⁴ wu⁴ {běi chái hú}

1. honewort
2. Cryptotaenia japonica

北齊書〔-齐书〕 bak¹ cai⁴ syu¹ {Běi Qí shū}

History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls

北朝鮮〔--鲜〕 bak¹ ciu⁴ sin¹ {Běi Cháo xiǎn}

North Korea (esp. Japanese usage)

北噪鴉〔--鸦〕 bak¹ cou³ aa¹ {běi zào yā}

(Chinese bird species) Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

北川縣〔--县〕 bak¹ cyun¹ jyun⁶ {Běi chuān xiàn}

Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽, north Sichuan

北戴河 bak¹ daai³ ho⁴ {Běi dài hé}

Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市, Hebei

北大荒 bak¹ daai⁶ fong¹ {běi dà huāng}

the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)

北斗星 bak¹ dau² sing¹ {Běi dǒu xīng}

1. the Big Dipper
2. the Plow

北斗鎮〔--镇〕 bak¹ dau² zan³ {Běi dǒu zhèn}

Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣, Taiwan

北伐軍〔--军〕 bak¹ fat⁶ gwan¹ {běi fá jūn}

the Northern Expeditionary Army

北方邦 bak¹ fong¹ bong¹ {Běi fāng bāng}

Uttar Pradesh (state in India)

北方佬 bak¹ fong¹ lou² {běi fāng lǎo}

1. northerner
2. guy from the north
3. Yankee

北極鷗〔-极鸥〕 bak¹ gik⁶ au¹ {Běi jí ōu}

(Chinese bird species) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)

北極光〔-极-〕 bak¹ gik⁶ gwong¹ {běi jí guāng}

1. Northern lights
2. aurora borealis

北極熊〔-极-〕 bak¹ gik⁶ hung⁴ {běi jí xióng}

polar bear

北極圈〔-极-〕 bak¹ gik⁶ hyun¹ {Běi jí quān}

Arctic Circle

北極星〔-极-〕 bak¹ gik⁶ sing¹ {Běi jí xīng}

1. North Star
2. Polaris

北京音 bak¹ ging¹ jam¹ {Běi jīng yīn}

Beijing pronunciation

北京人 bak¹ ging¹ jan⁴ {Běi jīng rén}

1. Beijing resident
2. Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店, Beijing

北京咳 bak¹ ging¹ kat¹ {Běi jīng ké}

"Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems

北京市 bak¹ ging¹ si⁵ {Běi jīng Shì}

1. Beijing
2. capital of People's Republic of China
3. one of the four municipalities 直轄市

北京話〔--话〕 bak¹ ging¹ waa² {Běi jīng huà}

Beijing dialect

北竿鄉〔--乡〕 bak¹ gon¹ hoeng¹ {Běi gān xiāng}

Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan

北港鎮〔--镇〕 bak¹ gong² zan³ {Běi gǎng zhèn}

Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣, Taiwan

北關區〔-关区〕 bak¹ gwaan¹ keoi¹ {Běi guān qū}

Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市, Henan

北荷蘭〔--兰〕 bak¹ ho⁴ laan¹ {Běi Hé lán}

North Holland

北海道 bak¹ hoi² dou⁶ {Běi hǎi dào}

Hokkaidō, Japan

北海市 bak¹ hoi² si⁵ {Běi hǎi shì}

Beihai prefecture level city and seaport in Guangxi

北寒帶〔--带〕 bak¹ hon⁴ daai³ {běi hán dài}

the north frigid zone

北二外 bak¹ ji⁶ ngoi⁶ {Běi Èr wài}

abbr. for 北京第二外國語學院

北鷹鵑〔-鹰鹃〕 bak¹ jing¹ gyun¹ {běi yīng juān}

(Chinese bird species) rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus)

北洋軍〔--军〕 bak¹ joeng⁴ gwan¹ {Běi yáng jūn}

north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution

北洋系 bak¹ joeng⁴ hai⁶ {Běi yáng xì}

Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords

北林區〔--区〕 bak¹ lam⁴ keoi¹ {Běi lín Qū}

Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市, Heilongjiang

北流市 bak¹ lau⁴ si⁵ {Běi liú shì}

Beiliu county level city in Yulin 玉林, Guangxi

北侖區〔-仑区〕 bak¹ leon⁴ keoi¹ {Běi lún qū}

Beilun district of Ningbo city 寧波市, Zhejiang

北領地〔-领-〕 bak¹ ling⁵ dei⁶ {Běi lǐng dì}

Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of Australia

北椋鳥〔--鸟〕 bak¹ loeng⁴ niu⁵ {běi liáng niǎo}

(Chinese bird species) purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)

北美洲 bak¹ mei⁵ zau¹ {Běi měi zhōu}

North America

北冕座 bak¹ min⁵ zo⁶ {Běi miǎn zuò}

Corona Borealis (constellation)

北門鄉〔-门乡〕 bak¹ mun⁴ hoeng¹ {Běi mén xiāng}

Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣, Taiwan

北安市 bak¹ on¹ si⁵ {Běi ān shì}

Bei'an county level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang

北票市 bak¹ piu³ si⁵ {Běi piào shì}

Beipiao county level city in Chaoyang 朝陽, Liaoning

北碚區〔--区〕 bak¹ pui⁵ keoi¹ {Běi bèi qū}

Beibei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

北山羊 bak¹ saan¹ joeng⁴ {běi shān yáng}

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北辰區〔--区〕 bak¹ san⁴ keoi¹ {Běi chén qū}

Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市

北師大〔-师-〕 bak¹ si¹ daai⁶ {Běi Shī Dà}

1. Beijing Normal University
2. abbr. for 北京師範大學

北市區〔--区〕 bak¹ si⁵ keoi¹ {Běi shì qū}

North city district

北上廣〔--广〕 bak¹ soeng⁶ gwong² {Běi Shàng Guǎng}

abbr. for Beijing 北京, Shanghai 上海 and Guangzhou 廣州

北塔區〔--区〕 bak¹ taap³ keoi¹ {Běi tǎ qū}

1. North tower district
2. Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市, Hunan

北投區〔--区〕 bak¹ tau⁴ keoi¹ {Běi tóu qū}

Beitou or Peitou district of Taipei City 臺北市, Taiwan

北塘區〔--区〕 bak¹ tong⁴ keoi¹ {Běi táng qū}

Beitang district of Wuxi city 無錫市, Jiangsu

北屯區〔--区〕 bak¹ tyun⁴ keoi¹ {Běi tún qū}

Peitun north district of a Taiwanese city

北屯市 bak¹ tyun⁴ si⁵ {Běi tún shì}

Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區, Xinjiang

北屯鎮〔--镇〕 bak¹ tyun⁴ zan³ {Běi tún zhèn}

Beitun city or town in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區, Xinjiang

北威州 bak¹ wai¹ zau¹ {Běi wēi zhōu}

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

北溫帶〔-温带〕 bak¹ wan¹ daai³ {běi wēn dài}

the north temperate zone

北蝗鶯〔--莺〕 bak¹ wong⁴ ang¹ {běi huáng yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Locustella ochotensis)

北湖區〔--区〕 bak¹ wu⁴ keoi¹ {Běi hú qū}

1. North lake district
2. Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市, Hunan

北鎮市〔-镇-〕 bak¹ zan³ si⁵ {Běi zhèn shì}

Beizhen county level city in Jinzhou 錦州, Liaoning

北朱雀 bak¹ zyu¹ zoek³ {běi zhū què}

(Chinese bird species) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)

北京軍區〔--军区〕 bak¹ ging¹ gwan¹ keoi¹ {Běi jīng jūn qū}

Beijing Military Region

北京奧運〔--奥运〕 bak¹ ging¹ ou³ wan⁶ {Běi jīng Ào Yùn}

Beijing Olympics

北京西站 bak¹ ging¹ sai¹ zaam⁶ {Běi jīng Xī Zhàn}

Beijing West Railway Station

北京填鴨〔---鸭〕 bak¹ ging¹ tin⁴ aap³ {Běi jīng tián yā}

Peking Duck

北角碼頭〔--码头〕 bak¹ gok³ maa⁵ tau⁴ {béi jiǎo mǎ tou}

North Point Ferry Pier

北漏洞拉 bak¹ lau⁶ dung⁶ laai¹ {běi lòu dòng lā}

a slang derived from a Vietnamese phrase, meaning "starting from now"

北部地區〔---区〕 bak¹ bou⁶ dei⁶ keoi¹ {běi bù dì qū}

Northern Areas

北戴河區〔---区〕 bak¹ daai³ ho⁴ keoi¹ {Běi dài hé qū}

Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市, Hebei

北大西洋 bak¹ daai⁶ sai¹ joeng⁴ {Běi Dà xī yáng}

North Atlantic

北達科他〔-达--〕 bak¹ daat⁶ fo¹ taa¹ {Běi Dá kē tā}

North Dakota, US state

北斗七星 bak¹ dau² cat¹ sing¹ {běi dǒu qī xīng}

1. Ursa Major
2. Great Bear
3. Big Dipper

北短翅鶯〔---莺〕 bak¹ dyun² ci³ ang¹ {běi duǎn chì yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)

北方工業〔---业〕 bak¹ fong¹ gung¹ jip⁶ {Běi fāng Gōng yè}

Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate

北京大學〔---学〕 bak¹ ging¹ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Dà xué}

Peking University

北京烤鴨〔---鸭〕 bak¹ ging¹ haau¹ ngaap³ {Běi jīng kǎo yā}

Peking Duck

北京日報〔---报〕 bak¹ ging¹ jat⁶ bou³ {Běi jīng Rì bào}

Beijing Daily (newspaper), www.bjd.com.cn

北京猿人 bak¹ ging¹ jyun⁴ jan⁴ {Běi jīng yuán rén}

1. Peking ape-man
2. Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店 in 1921

北京晚報〔---报〕 bak¹ ging¹ maan⁵ bou³ {Běi jīng Wǎn bào}

Beijing Evening News

北京晨報〔---报〕 bak¹ ging¹ san⁴ bou³ {Běi jīng Chén bào}

Beijing Morning Post, www.morningpost.com.cn

北京時間〔--时间〕 bak¹ ging¹ si⁴ gaan³ {Běi jīng Shí jiān}

Chinese Standard Time

北京週報〔--周报〕 bak¹ ging¹ zau¹ bou³ {Běi jīng Zhōu bào}

Beijing Review

北海艦隊〔--舰队〕 bak¹ hoi² laam⁶ deoi² {Běi hǎi Jiàn duì}

North Sea Fleet

北紅尾鴝〔-红-鸲〕 bak¹ hung⁴ mei⁵ keoi⁴ {běi hóng wěi qú}

(Chinese bird species) Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

北印度語〔---语〕 bak¹ jan³ dou⁶ jyu⁵ {běi Yìn dù yǔ}

1. Hindi
2. a north Indian language

北洋軍閥〔--军阀〕 bak¹ joeng⁴ gwan¹ fat⁶ {Běi yáng Jūn fá}

the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)

北洋陸軍〔--陆军〕 bak¹ joeng⁴ luk⁶ gwan¹ {Běi yáng lù jūn}

north China army (esp. during the warlords period)

北洋水師〔---师〕 bak¹ joeng⁴ seoi² si¹ {Běi yáng shuǐ shī}

north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)

北洋政府 bak¹ joeng⁴ zing³ fu² {Běi yáng zhèng fǔ}

the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911

北愛爾蘭〔-爱尔兰〕 bak¹ oi³ ji⁵ laan⁴ {Běi Ài ěr lán}

Northern Ireland

北安普敦 bak¹ on¹ pou² deon¹ {Běi ān pǔ dūn}

Northampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡

北叟失馬〔---马〕 bak¹ sau² sat¹ maa⁵ {běi sǒu shī mǎ}

1. lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2. fig. a blessing in disguise
3. it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

北回歸線〔--归线〕 bak¹ wui⁴ gwai¹ sin³ {Běi huí guī xiàn}

Tropic of Cancer

北卡羅萊納〔--罗莱纳〕 bak¹ kaa¹ lo⁴ loi⁴ naap⁶ {Běi kǎ luó lái nà}

North Carolina, a state in the United States

北部拉班特 bak¹ bou⁶ laai¹ baan¹ dak⁶ {běi bù lā bān tè}

Noord Brabant

北長尾山雀〔-长---〕 bak¹ coeng⁴ mei⁵ saan¹ zoek³ {běi cháng wěi shān què}

(Chinese bird species) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

北達科他州〔-达---〕 bak¹ daat⁶ fo¹ taa¹ zau¹ {Běi Dá kē tā zhōu}

North Dakota, US state

北方中杜鵑〔----鹃〕 bak¹ fong¹ zung¹ dou⁶ gyun¹ {běi fāng zhōng dù juān}

(Chinese bird species) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

北京青年報〔----报〕 bak¹ ging¹ cing¹ nin⁴ bou³ {Běi jīng Qīng nián Bào}

Beijing Youth Daily, bjyouth.ynet.com

北卡羅來納〔--罗来纳〕 bak¹ kaa¹ lo⁴ loi⁴ naap⁶ {Běi Kǎ luó lái nà}

North Carolina, US state

北馬里亞納〔-马-亚纳〕 bak¹ maa⁵ lei⁵ aa³ naap⁶ {Běi mǎ lǐ yà nà}

Northern Mariana Islands

北派螳螂拳 bak¹ paai³ tong⁴ long⁴ kyun⁴ {běi pài táng láng quán}

Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)

北歐航空公司〔-欧----〕 bak¹ au¹ hong⁴ hung¹ gung¹ si¹ {Běi Ōu Háng kōng Gōng sī}

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

北方民族大學〔-----学〕 bak¹ fong¹ man⁴ zuk⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi fāng Mín zú Dà xué}

Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)

北京電影學院〔--电-学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ din⁶ jing² hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Diàn yǐng Xué yuàn}

Beijing Film Academy

北京科技大學〔-----学〕 bak¹ ging¹ fo¹ gei⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Kē jì Dà xué}

University of Science and Technology Beijing

北京教育學院〔----学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ gaau³ juk⁶ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Jiào yù Xué yuàn}

Beijing Institute of Education

北京工業大學〔---业-学〕 bak¹ ging¹ gung¹ jip⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Gōng yè Dà xué}

Beijing University of Technology

北京廣播學院〔--广-学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ gwong² bo³ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Guǎng bō Xué yuàn}

Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學

北京航空學院〔----学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ hong⁴ hung¹ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Háng kōng Xué yuàn}

Beijing Aeronautical and Astronautical Institute (abbr. to 北航院)

北京語言大學〔--语--学〕 bak¹ ging¹ jyu⁵ jin⁴ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Yǔ yán Dà xué}

Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

北京語言學院〔--语-学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ jyu⁵ jin⁴ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Yǔ yán Xué yuàn}

1. Beijing Language Institute
2. former name of 北京語言大學 Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

北京林業大學〔---业-学〕 bak¹ ging¹ lam⁴ jip⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Lín yè Dà xué}

Beijing Forestry University

北京理工大學〔-----学〕 bak¹ ging¹ lei⁵ gung¹ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Lǐ gōng Dà xué}

Beijing Institute of Technology

北京物資學院〔---资学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ mat⁶ zi¹ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Wù zī Xué yuàn}

Beijing Materials University

北京舞蹈學院〔----学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ mou⁵ dou⁶ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Wǔ dǎo Xué yuàn}

Beijing Dance Academy

北京南苑機場〔----机场〕 bak¹ ging¹ naam⁴ jyun² gei¹ coeng⁴ {Běi jīng Nán yuàn Jī chǎng}

Beijing Nanyuan Airport, military air base and secondary civil airport of Beijing

北京藝術學院〔--艺术学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ ngai⁶ seot⁶ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Yì shù Xué yuàn}

Beijing Academy of Fine Arts

北京師範大學〔--师范-学〕 bak¹ ging¹ si¹ faan⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Shī fàn Dà xué}

Beijing Normal University

北卡羅來納州〔--罗来纳-〕 bak¹ kaa¹ lo⁴ loi⁴ naap⁶ zau¹ {Běi Kǎ luó lái nà zhōu}

North Carolina, US state

北宋四大部書〔-----书〕 bak¹ sung³ sei³ daai⁶ bou⁶ syu¹ {Běi Sòng sì dà bù shū}

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華

北川羌族自治縣〔------县〕 bak¹ cyun¹ goeng¹ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Běi chuān Qiāng zú zì zhì xiàn}

Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽, north Sichuan

北京產權交易所〔--产权---〕 bak¹ ging¹ caan² kyun⁴ gaau¹ jik⁶ so² {Běi jīng chǎn quán jiāo yì suǒ}

China Beijing Equity Exchange (CBEX)

北京工人體育場〔----体-场〕 bak¹ ging¹ gung¹ jan⁴ tai² juk⁶ coeng⁴ {Běi jīng Gōng rén Tǐ yù chǎng}

Workers Stadium

北京國家體育場〔--国-体-场〕 bak¹ ging¹ gwok³ gaa¹ tai² juk⁶ coeng⁴ {Běi jīng Guó jiā Tǐ yù chǎng}

Beijing National Stadium

北京外國語大學〔---国语-学〕 bak¹ ging¹ ngoi⁶ gwok³ jyu⁵ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xué}

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)

北京商務中心區〔---务--区〕 bak¹ ging¹ soeng¹ mou⁶ zung¹ sam¹ keoi¹ {Běi jīng shāng wù zhōng xīn qū}

Beijing central business district CBD

北京中醫藥大學〔---医药-学〕 bak¹ ging¹ zung¹ ji¹ joek⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Zhōng yī yào Dà xué}

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

北馬里亞納群島〔-马-亚纳-岛〕 bak¹ maa⁵ lei⁵ aa³ naap⁶ kwan⁴ dou² {Běi Mǎ lǐ yà nà Qún dǎo}

Northern Mariana Islands

北鎮滿族自治縣〔-镇满---县〕 bak¹ zan³ mun⁵ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Běi zhèn mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn}

Beizhen Manzu autonomous county in Liaoning

北大西洋公約組織〔-----约组织〕 bak¹ daai⁶ sai¹ joeng⁴ gung¹ joek³ zou² zik¹ {Běi Dà xī Yáng Gōng yuē Zǔ zhī}

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

北斗衛星導航系統〔--卫-导--统〕 bak¹ dau² wai⁶ sing¹ dou⁶ hong⁴ hai⁶ tung² {Běi Dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng}

Beidou navigation system

北京國家游泳中心〔--国-----〕 bak¹ ging¹ gwok³ gaa¹ jau⁴ wing⁶ zung¹ sam¹ {Běi jīng guó jiā yóu yǒng zhōng xīn}

Beijing national aquatics center, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic games

北京核武器研究所 bak¹ ging¹ hat⁶ mou⁵ hei³ jin⁴ gau³ so² {Běi jīng hé wǔ qì yán jiū suǒ}

Nuclear Weapon Institute in Beijing

北京航空航天大學〔-------学〕 bak¹ ging¹ hong⁴ hung¹ hong⁴ tin¹ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Běi jīng Háng kōng Háng tiān Dà xué}

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

北京環球金融中心〔--环-----〕 bak¹ ging¹ waan⁴ kau⁴ gam¹ jung⁴ zung¹ sam¹ {Běi jīng Huán qiú Jīn róng Zhōng xīn}

Beijing World Financial Center, skyscraper

北京第二外國語學院〔-----国语学-〕 bak¹ ging¹ dai⁶ ji⁶ ngoi⁶ gwok³ jyu⁵ hok⁶ jyun² {Běi jīng Dì èr Wài guó yǔ Xué yuàn}

Beijing International Studies University (BISU)

北京汽車製造廠有限公司〔---车制-厂----〕 bak¹ ging¹ hei³ ce¹ zai³ zou⁶ cong² jau⁵ haan⁶ gung¹ si¹ {Běi jīng Qì chē Zhì zào chǎng Yǒu xiàn Gōng sī}

Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)