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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
south pole
HSK 5
southeast
HSK 2
southern part
HSK 3
southwest
HSK 2
Southeast Asia
South America
see 南京市 / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
South America
north and south / north to south
HSK 5
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
Nanyang Siang Pau (Malay's oldest newspaper)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
surname Nan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
used in 南無|南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]
South Africa / Southern Africa
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
South Carolina, US state
Nanjing University, NJU
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
south central region
Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi Province 江西省
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
southeast part
South China Tiger
the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
east, south, west and north / all directions
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
southern Asia
Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai
Southern Weekend (newspaper)
Jinan University in Guangdong Province, with 4 campuses in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
Nanjing Agricultural University
the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市 (abbr. to 瓊|琼)
Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
Nankai University (Tianjin)
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
South Korea
to live miles apart
Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
Liannan Yao Autonomous County, in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市, Guangdong
Nanhu, a district of Jiaxing City 嘉興市|嘉兴市, Zhejiang
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
Southeast University
Southern China
Vietnam
South Jeolla Province, in southwest South Korea, capital Gwangju 光州
The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如)
Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
Nantong, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
(Tw) ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Southwest Jiaotong University
Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Antarctica
Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市 (abbr. to 雲|云 or )
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Hunan Province, capital Changsha 長沙市|长沙市 (abbr. to )
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang / see 江南省 / see 江南區|江南区
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Jiangnan University (in Jiangsu Province)
southern end or extremity
(Tw, HK) South Korea
south side / south face
Nan'an, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市, Fujian
Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
(Internet slang) number one (loanword)
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
southward
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976
(geopolitics) the Global South
east west south north
Nanjing Post and Communications University
Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
Indochina
Southern Dynasties (420-589)
Tainan city in Tainan county 臺南縣|台南县, Taiwan
south slope

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