Pronunciation
:
Meaning
:
(noun) northwest
HSK
:
2
西
北
Pronunciation
:
Meaning
:
- (noun) west
- (noun) occidental; western
- (noun) 东西 – things
Radical
:
西
Strokes
:
6
Traditional
:
西
Notes
:
东西 (dōng xi) : means east and west, and also means things
Sentences:
风从西北方向吹来。
The wind is blowing from the northwest.
风
:
wind
从
:
from
西北
:
northwest
方向
:
direction
吹来
:
blow
他们往西北走去。
They walked toward the northwest.
他们
:
they
往
:
toward
西北
:
northwest
走去
:
walk
那座城市在国家的西北部。
That city is in the northwest part of the country.
那座
:
that (measure word for cities/buildings)
城市
:
city
在
:
in
国家
:
country
的
:
(possessive particle)
西北部
:
northwest part
西北方向有一大片森林。
There is a large forest in the northwest direction.
西北
:
northwest
方向
:
direction
有
:
have
一大片
:
a large area of
森林
:
forest