西北
Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
西北工业大学
Northwestern Polytechnical University
西北方
northwest; northwestern
西北农林科技大学
North West Agriculture and Forestry University
中国西北边陲
border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
喝西北风
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
东南西北中
the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle