北风 (běi fēng) — north wind; northerly wind

Definition

noun
north windnortherly wind
Measure word · 阵

Examples

  • 北风。
    Dōng tiān běi fēng hěn lěng.
    The north wind is very cold in winter.
  • 北风。
    běi fēng Chuī le yì zhěng yè.
    The north wind blew all night long.
  • 北风。
    Wài miàn guā qǐ le běi fēng.
    A north wind has started blowing outside.

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běinorth
风fēngwind

北 points north and 风 is wind, giving a northerly wind.

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'.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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