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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
south
HSK 1
southeast
HSK 2
southwest
HSK 2
to guide / guidebook
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
surname Nan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
used in 南無|南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]
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)
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
Vietnam
Ju'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Ferdinand (name)
Southern China
Suriname, NE of South America (Tw)
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
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
Minnan (southern Fujian)
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
southward
Canaan (in Biblical Palestine)
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
Inner Mongolia (lit. south of the Gobi Desert)
Huinan county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai
Benin (Tw)
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
Shangnan County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
Zhunan or Chunan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
ancient Chinese compass
Dingnan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Quannan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Buchanan (surname)
Yinan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Guannan county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
Funan, ancient state in Southeast Asia (1st - 6th century)
Beinan or Peinan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Poznan (city in Poland)
Ferdinand (name)
southwestward
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
sub-Saharan
John Huang (1945-), Democratic Party fundraiser
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
to the south of (suffix)
extreme south
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I
Luonan County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
Jinnan suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang
Suriname
Hengnan county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳, Hunan
Kim Yong-nam (1928-), North Korean politician, foreign minister 1983-1998, president of the Supreme People's Assembly 1998-2019 (nominal head of state and described as deputy leader)
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province


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