北疆

Běijiāng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Northern Xinjiang
2 the region north of the Tianshan mountains

Characters

frontier, territory

Examples

HSK 7-9

北疆的草原风光特别壮丽。

Běijiāng de cǎoyuán fēngguāng tèbié zhuànglì.

The grassland scenery of Northern Xinjiang is especially magnificent.

HSK 7-9

我们打算夏天去北疆自驾游。

Wǒmen dǎsuàn xiàtiān qù Běijiāng zìjiàyóu.

We plan to do a self-drive trip to Northern Xinjiang this summer.

Tips

culture

北疆 (north of the Tianshan 天山) is grassland, lakes and Kazakh/Mongol culture; 南疆 (south of Tianshan) is desert, oases and Uyghur culture. The Tianshan range splits Xinjiang into these two very different worlds.

Stroke Order

北 běi

疆 jiāng