以北

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	north
trad. (以北)		以	北
simp. #(以北)		以	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ bak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî-pet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): í-pak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐběi [Phonetic: yíběi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐběi
    • Wade–Giles: i³-pei³
    • Yale: yǐ-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiibeei
    • Palladius: ибэй (ibɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ bak¹
    • Yale: yíh bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ pɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: i´ bed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>1</sup> bed<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ pet̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i´ bed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ bed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ pet̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-pak
    • Tâi-lô: í-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'pag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pak̚³²/

Postposition

1. to the north of

   城市位於山區以北。 [MSC, trad.]
   城市位于山区以北。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chéngshì wèiyú shānqū yǐběi. [Pinyin]

   The city is located to the north of the mountainous area.

See also

• 以東／以东 (yǐdōng)
• 以南 (yǐnán)
• 以西 (yǐxī)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
以	北
い Grade: 4	ほく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

以(い)北(ほく) • (ihoku) 

1. north of