城北

chéngběi

noun #54,253

Meanings

1 north of the city
2 northern part of the city

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他家住在城北。

Tā jiā zhù zài chéngběi.

His family lives in the north part of the city.

HSK 6

城北的房价比城南便宜。

Chéngběi de fángjià bǐ chéngnán piányi.

Housing prices in the north of the city are cheaper than in the south.

Tips

usage

Paired set: 城北 / 城南 / 城东 / 城西 (north / south / east / west of the city) for orienting within a city. More colloquial than the formal 北部 / 南部. Some cities also formalize this into districts - e.g., Hangzhou's 城北 area.

Stroke Order

城 chéng

北 běi