北方

Chinese

		north	direction; region
simp. and trad. (北方)		北	方

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): běifāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): быйфон (bɨjfon, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ fong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-fông
Min Nan (POJ): pak-hong / pak-hng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: běifāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeifang
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: быйфон (bɨjfon, I-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /pɨi²⁴ fɔ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ fong¹
  - Yale: bāk fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ fong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: bed` fong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ fong¹
  - IPA: /pet̚² foŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak-hong
  - Tâi-lô: pak-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakhofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak-hng
  - Tâi-lô: pak-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakhngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

北方

north
northern area (of a country)
(specifically) northern China (usually referring to the area to the north of the Yellow River)

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 北頂／北顶

Derived terms

北方之強／北方之强
北方人 (běifāngrén)

北方佛教
北方話／北方话 (běifānghuà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	方
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	ほう > ぽう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

北方 (hiragana ほっぽう, rōmaji hoppō, historical hiragana ほくぱう)

north, northern area

Related terms

東 (とう)方 (ほう) (tōhō): east, eastern area
西 (せい)方 (ほう) (seihō): west, western area
南 (なん)方 (ぽう) (nanpō): south, southern area

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