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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 西北

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
西北 xī běi - Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
西北 xī běi - northwest

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 7,777 6,757 11,821

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
西 - the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
西 - west
běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated

Other Words Containing 西北

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
西北 - 2 7,777 6,757 11,821
西北部 - - 21,270 18,218 23,543
喝西北风 - - 36,590 57,549 28,893