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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
southern part
HSK 3
north and south / north to south
HSK 5
south pole
HSK 5
pumpkin
HSK 7-9
South Dakota, US state
China Southern Airlines
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
surname Nan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *南* | 南* | *南
used in 南無|南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]
Southampton, town in south England
South America
South Australia, Australian state
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
the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
South China Sea
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
South Korea
Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
South Africa / Southern Africa
two-character surname Nangong / see 南宮市|南宫市
Southern Xinjiang
southern border (of a country)
Nan'an, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市, Fujian
Nanxiong, a county-level city in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing / also known as Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋
Nanchuan, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Nanyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海, 南苑 and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Nantou city and county in central Taiwan
Octans (constellation)
south side / south face
Southeast Asia / South seas
southern Asia
southern county / Nan county in Yiyang 益陽|益阳, Hunan
southern end or extremity
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
south side / south
Nanfeng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan / Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Nanshan, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong / Nanshan, a district of Hegang City 鶴崗市|鹤岗市, Heilongjiang
(Tw, HK) South Korea
Southern Europe
avocado (Persea americana)
South America
lit. a dream of Nanke / fig. dreams of grandeur
Nanchong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Southern Dynasties (420-589)
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
south latitude
the Southern Hemisphere
North and South Korea
South China / see 南華縣|南华县
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
jack-o'-lantern
punitive expedition to the south
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
south slope
Nangong, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
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
Nanbu county in Nanchong 南充, Sichuan
History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 80 scrolls
rural township in Miaoli County 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
Nanjing Post and Communications University
the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
Nankai, a district of Tianjin 天津市
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)

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