北海

Běi Hǎi
  1. North Sea (in Europe)
  2. historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖 Bèijiāěr Hú, Russia

CEDICT

Homographs

北海 Běihǎi
  1. see 北海公園 Běihǎi Gōngyuán
  2. see 北海市 Běihǎi Shì

Entry Composition

=1 北 běi
  1. north
  2. (classical) to be defeated
=1 北 bèi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
  2. Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
2 海 Hǎi surname Hai

Containing this entry

挾泰山以超北海 xié Tàishānyǐchāo Běihǎi