華北

See also: 华北

Chinese

		China (area of Chinese culture)	north [part]
trad. (華北)		華	北
simp. (华北)		华	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huáběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ bak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hôa-pak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huáběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huáběi
    • Wade–Giles: Hua²-pei³
    • Yale: Hwá-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwabeei
    • Palladius: Хуабэй (Xuabɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: wàh bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-pak
    • Tâi-lô: Huâ-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'pag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ pak̚³²/

Proper noun

華北

1. (～地區) North China (a region of China; a consisting of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia)

   我們抱定必勝的決心，保衛黃河！保衛華北！保衛全中國！ [MSC, trad.]
   我们抱定必胜的决心，保卫黄河！保卫华北！保卫全中国！ [MSC, simp.]

   From: Yellow River Cantata

   Wǒmen bàodìng bìshèng de juéxīn, bǎowèi Huánghé! Bǎowèi Huáběi! Bǎowèi quán Zhōngguó! [Pinyin]

   We firmly hold on to our determination for victory, to defend the Yellow River! Defend North China! Defend all of China!

2. (～大行政區, ～區) (historical) North China (a former greater administrative region of China from 1949 to 1954, consisting of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Chahar, Pingyuan and Suiyuan)

Derived terms

• 華北地區 / 华北地区 (Huáběi Dìqū)
• 華北平原 / 华北平原 (Huáběi Píngyuán)

Related terms

• 華南／华南 (Huánán, “South China”)

See also

• 北方 (běifāng)