北面 (běi miàn) — northern side, northern part | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

northern sidenorthern part

Examples

北面。
Wǒ men xué xiào zài běi miàn.
Our school is on the north side.
北面。
běi miàn De fēng jǐng hěn měi.
The scenery on the north side is beautiful.
北面。
Fáng zi de běi miàn yǒu yí gè huā yuán.
There is a garden on the north side of the house.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

北 (north) and 面 (side) combine to mean the northern side.

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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.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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