DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

雙北

简双北 · 繁雙北

Mandarin · pinyin Shuāng běi

abbr. for Taipei City 臺北市 Tái běi Shì and New Taipei City 新北市 Xīn běi Shì (Tw)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

雙: Look up this written character
北: běi · north; northern; northward
双: shuāng · set of two, pair, couple; both

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–3 · Shuang1 bei3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links3source references

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

雙北 · find source passages ↗ · 双北 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

Taipei (臺北) and New Taipei (新北)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack