Chinese symbol for “northeast”
东北
dōng běi
Traditional: 東北
northeast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for northeast is 东北 (dōng běi), defined as: northeast.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “northeast”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 东北.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东西 (東西) | dōng xī | east and west |
| 东方 (東方) | dōng fāng | east |
| 东部 (東部) | dōng bù | the east; eastern part |
| 股东 (股東) | gǔ dōng | shareholder; stockholder |
| 北部 | běi bù | northern part |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north; the northern part a country |
| 西北 | xī běi | northwest |
| 南北 | nán běi | north and south; north to south |
See also: Japanese symbol for “northeast”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.