| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
| 北 | běi | north; to be defeated (classical) |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River |
| 东北 | dōng běi | northeast |
| 湖北 | Hú běi | Hubei province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂, capital Wuhan 武汉 |
| 河北 | Hé běi | Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, abbr. 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄 |
| 西北 | xī běi | northwest |
| 北部 | běi bù | northern part; Tonkin (region in Vietnam) |
| 南北 | nán běi | north and south; north to south |
| 北洋 | běi yáng | the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong |
| 华北 | Huá běi | North China |
| 北魏 | Běi Wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑 |
| 北宋 | Běi Sòng | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) |
| 以北 | yǐ běi | to the north of (suffix) |
| 向北 | xiàng běi | northward; facing north |
| 北海 | Běi hǎi | Beihai, park in Beijing to the Northwest the Forbidden City; the North Sea (Europe); Beihai prefecture level city and seaport in Guangxi; Bohai Sea; Lake Baikal |
| 南北朝 | Nán běi cháo | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) |
| 北洋军阀 | běi yáng jūn fá | the Northern Warlords (1912-1927) |
| 北极 | běi jí | the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole |
| 北美洲 | Běi Měi zhōu | North America |
| 江北 | Jiāng běi | Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan; Chongqing's main airport; Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 宁波市, Zhejiang |
| 北朝 | Běi Cháo | Northern Dynasties (386-581) |
| 北边 | běi biān | north; north side; northern part; to the north of |
| 北伐军 | běi fá jūn | the Northern Expeditionary Army |
| 北齐 | Běi Qí | Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557) |
| 北冰洋 | Běi bīng yáng | Arctic ocean |
| 淮北 | Huái běi | Huaibei prefecture level city in Anhui |
| 北非 | Běi Fēi | North Africa |
| 北半球 | běi bàn qiú | the northern hemisphere |
| 北欧 | Běi Ōu | north Europe; Scandinavia |
| 北周 | Běi Zhōu | the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581); one of the Northern Dynasties |
| 北纬 | běi wěi | latitude north |
| 北山 | Běi shān | northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan |
| 台北 | Tái běi | Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan |
| 北海道 | Běi hǎi dào | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 北极星 | Běi jí xīng | North Star; Polaris |
| 北爱尔兰 | Běi Ài ěr lán | Northern Ireland |
| 北京大学 | Běi jīng Dà xué | Beijing university |
| 北郊 | běi jiāo | northern suburbs |
| 河北省 | Hé běi shěng | Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, abbr. 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄 |
| 南征北战 | nán zhēng běi zhàn | war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| 湖北省 | Hú běi shěng | Hubei province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂, capital Wuhan 武汉 |
| 北京市 | Běi jīng Shì | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; one of the four municipalities 直辖市 |
| 华北平原 | huá běi píng yuán | North China plain |
| 北戴河 | Běi dài hé | Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇岛市, Hebei |
| 北部湾 | Běi bù Wān | Gulf of Tonkin |
| 海北 | Hǎi běi | Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai |
| 北伐战争 | Běi fá zhàn zhēng | the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1927 under Chiang Kaishek against the Northern Warlords |
| 北面 | běi miàn | northern side; north |
| 丘北 | Qiū běi | Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan |
