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north
Northeast China
Northwest China
northern part
the North Pole
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose
to go up north
northward
to the north of
northern side
North America
Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
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The north and south differ greatly from each other.
Source: Tatoeba #12422361 · CC BY 2.0 FRHokkaido is to the north of Honshu.
Source: Tatoeba #887907 · CC BY 2.0 FRI came to Beijing last month.
Source: Tatoeba #2737457 · CC BY 2.0 FRCanada is on the north side of America.
Source: Tatoeba #815009 · CC BY 2.0 FRWe want to go to Beijing and Shanghai.
Source: Tatoeba #1173216 · CC BY 2.0 FRIt was in Beijing that I studied Chinese.
Source: Tatoeba #844670 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.