冬天东北特别冷。
Winter in the Northeast is especially cold.
东北
Northeast China; Manchuria
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东
北
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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.
东
- 东西dōngxithingB1
- 东dōngsurname DongB3
- 东方dōngfāngthe EastB3
- 东南dōngnánsoutheastB3
- 东部dōngbùthe eastB4
- 房东fángdōnglandlordB4
- 东奔西走dōngbēn-xīzǒuto run this way and that (idiom)B7
北
- 北běinorthB3
- 北方běifāngnorthB3
- 西北xīběiNorthwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, B3
- 北部běibùnorthern partB4
- 北极běijíthe North PoleB6
- 北美洲BěiměizhōuNorth AmericaB6
- 南辕北辙nányuán-běizhéto act in a way that defeats one's purposeB7
See it in sentences
我姐姐在东北上大学。
My older sister goes to college in the Northeast.