北疆 Traditional form: 北疆 Pinyin (reading): Běijiāng Definitions: northern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains 天山 ( Tiān Shān)) Characters: 北 - north; northern; northward 疆 - boundary, border, frontier Traditional characters: 北 - north; northern; northward 疆 - boundary, border, frontier