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  *南* | 南* | *南
south
HSK 1
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
southeast
HSK 2
southwest
HSK 2
southern part
HSK 3
north and south / north to south
HSK 5
south pole
HSK 5
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
compass
HSK 7-9
Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai
Nanxun district of Huzhou city 湖州市, Zhejiang
Luannan county in Tangshan 唐山, Hebei
China Southern Airlines
Southeast Asia
Suriname
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  *南* | 南* | *南
surname Nan
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  *南* | 南* | *南
used in 南無|南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]
Southampton, town in south England
South America
Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
see 南京市 / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Nankang District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
east west south north
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
South China Sea
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
South China / see 南華縣|南华县
sub-Saharan Africa
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
South Korea
the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Maonan district of Maoming city 茂名市, Guangdong
South Africa / Southern Africa
Southern China
heath
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢臺|邢台, Hebei
Vietnam
Southern Xinjiang
southern border (of a country)
Nanpi county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Banan, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Fengnan district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
Jinnan suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Nan'an, county-level city in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian
Nanhu district of Jiaxing city 嘉興市|嘉兴市, Zhejiang
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
Sinan, a county in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Suriname River
Runan county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店, Henan
Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
Funan, a county in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
Nanyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang
Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands / Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
south side / south face
east, south, west and north / all directions
Pingnang county in Guigang 貴港|贵港, Guangxi
Luonan County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
Southeast Asia / South seas
Nan'ao County in Shantou 汕頭|汕头, Guangdong / Nan'ao Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan / abbr. for 南澳大利亞州|南澳大利亚州, South Australia
southern Asia
southern county / Nan county in Yiyang 益陽|益阳, Hunan
Yunan county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮, Guangdong
Canaan (in Biblical Palestine)
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
to the south of (suffix)
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
southern end or extremity
Quannan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Minnan (southern Fujian)
Guangnan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
Nanpiao district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning

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