What are the Chinese characters for northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest?
The Chinese characters for northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest are 东北 (dōngběi), 西北 (xīběi), 东南 (dōngnán), and 西南 (xīnán) respectively. These characters are formed by combining the characters for east (东, dōng) and north (北, běi) for northeast, west (西, xī) and north (北, běi) for northwest, east (东, dōng) and south (南, nán) for southeast, and west (西, xī) and south (南, nán) for southwest. These characters provide a concise way to represent the geographical directions in the Chinese language.
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