北角 (běi jiǎ) — North Point (a district in Hong Kong)

Definition

noun

North Point (a district in Hong Kong)

北角。
Wǒ zhù zài xiāng gǎng běi jiǎ.
I live in North Point, Hong Kong.
北角。
běi jiǎ Yǒu hěn duō lǎo zì hào de cān tīng.
There are many long-established restaurants in North Point.
北角。
Cóng tóng luó wān zuò dì tiě kě yǐ dào běi jiǎ.
You can take the subway from Causeway Bay to North Point.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 北 shows two people standing back to back. It originally meant 'back'.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.