北洋

Traditional form:

北洋

Pinyin (reading):

Běiyáng

Definitions:

• the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign