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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
Nanxun district of Huzhou city 湖州市, Zhejiang
China Southern Airlines
Southeast Asia
Suriname
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  *南* | 南* | *南
surname Nan
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
used in 南無|南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]
South America
Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
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
Nanzhao county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
Nanling, a county in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖, Anhui
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
South China Sea
South China / see 南華縣|南华县
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
Antarctica
the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
South Africa / Southern Africa
Southern China
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 邢台, Hebei
Vietnam / Vietnamese
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
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
to go down south
Guannan county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
Jinnan suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Fengnan district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
Nanhu district of Jiaxing city 嘉興市|嘉兴市, Zhejiang
Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
Sinan, a county in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
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
Southern Hemisphere
Indochina
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
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
Luannan county in Tangshan 唐山, Hebei

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