咸镜北道

咸鏡北道
Xiánjìngběidào
North Hamgyeong Province in northeast of North Korea, capital Chongjin 清津市 Qīngjīnshì

CEDICT

North Hamgyong (a province of North Korea)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 咸镜 Xiánjìng Hamgyeongdo Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸镜北道 Xiánjìngběidào and South Hamgyeong Province 咸镜南道 Xiánjìngnándào of North Korea
2 北 běi
  1. north
  2. (classical) to be defeated
3 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股