粵

東dung1北bak1

simp东北
dung1 bak1Dōng běidōng běi

English

  1. Northeast China; Manchuria
  2. northeast
  3. northeast

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 東同北中間嘅方位、方向

Examples

  • 東北偏東

    east-northeast

  • 新界東北

    Northeast New Territories

  • 我在中国最后的目的地是东北的哈尔滨,离北京大概一千公里左右。

    My final destination in China is the city of Harbin in the north-east, about one thousand kilometres from Beijing.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 轮到我说话时,我不觉地把“标准”和“普通”这两个词混为一谈,后来又说东北的口音是最普通的。

    When it comes to my turn to speak, I confuse the words 'standard' and 'common', and end up saying that the north-eastern accent is 'the most common'.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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