北朝

Chinese

		north	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
trad. (北朝)		北	朝
simp. #(北朝)		北	朝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běicháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ ciu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-tiâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běicháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běicháo
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-chʻao²
    • Yale: Běi-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeichaur
    • Palladius: Бэйчао (Bɛjčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ ciu⁴
    • Yale: bāk chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakdiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ tiau¹³/

Proper noun

北朝

1. the Northern dynasties (386–581)

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	朝
ほく Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Chinese 北朝 (Běicháo)

Proper noun

北(ほく)朝(ちょう) • (Hokuchō) 

1. (history, of China) the Northern dynasties
2. (history, of Japan) the Northern Court

See also

• 南(なん)北(ぼく)朝(ちょう) (Nanbokuchō)
• 北(きた)朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) (Kita Chōsen)