河北
Hé běi
Pinyin

Definition

河北
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Hé běi
  1. Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
河
hé
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
以北
yǐ běi
  1. 1 to the north of (suffix)
冰河
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier
北上
běi shàng
  1. 1 to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
  1. 1 Beijing resident
  2. 2 Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
  1. 1 Beijing
  2. 2 capital of People's Republic of China
  3. 3 one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北冰洋
Běi bīng yáng
  1. 1 Arctic ocean
北半球
Běi bàn qiú
  1. 1 Northern Hemisphere
北国
běi guó
  1. 1 the northern part of the country
  2. 2 the North
北大
Běi Dà
  1. 1 Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
北川
Běi chuān
  1. 1 Beichuan county level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽|绵阳, Sichuan
北平
Běi píng
  1. 1 Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
北爱
Běi Ài
  1. 1 abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland
北戴河
Běi dài hé
  1. 1 Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qín huáng dǎo shì], Hebei
北斗
Běi dǒu
  1. 1 Great Bear
  2. 2 Big Dipper
  3. 3 Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
北方
běi fāng
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 the northern part a country
  3. 3 China north of the Yellow River
北极
běi jí
  1. 1 the North Pole
  2. 2 the Arctic Pole
  3. 3 the north magnetic pole
北极光
běi jí guāng
  1. 1 Northern lights
  2. 2 aurora borealis

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
  1. 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
  2. 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
  3. 3 to feel one's way forward
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
  1. 1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
  1. 1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
  2. 2 deteriorating day by day
河东狮吼
Hé dōng shī hǒu
  1. 1 lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
  2. 2 Mind your own business.
河清海晏
hé qīng hǎi yàn
  1. 1 the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm
  2. 2 the world is at peace (idiom)
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
  1. 1 as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men

Sample Sentences

这里是燕郊，夹在京津之间的一块飞地，河北三河市的一个镇，距离天安门仅有三十多公里。
zhèlǐ shì yānjiāo ，jiā zài Jīng jīn zhījiān de yī kuài fēidì ，Héběi Sānhéshì de yī ge zhèn ，jùlí Tiānānmén jǐn yǒu sānshí duō gōnglǐ 。
This is Yanjiao, an enclave sandwiched between Beijing and Tianjin, a town in Sanhe City, Hebei Province, just over 30 kilometers from Tiananmen Square.
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那河南河北呢？
nà Hénán Héběi ne ？
Then what about Henan and Hebei?
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