北洋政府

Traditional form:

北洋政府

Pinyin (reading):

Běiyángzhèngfǔ

Definitions:

• the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥／北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
• 政 - government, politics
• 府 - prefect; prefecture, government

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
• 政 - government, politics
• 府 - prefect; prefecture, government