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西北方

Mandarin · pinyin xī běi fāng

northwest
northwestern

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
北: běi · north; northern; northward
方: fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local

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1–3–1 · xi1 bei3 fang1

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