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  *南* | 南* | *南
south
HSK 1
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
southeast
HSK 2
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
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
see 南京市 / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
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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]
South Africa / Southern Africa
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
Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min
Suriname
South Sudan
Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou
Hainan Island in South China Sea
Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市 (abbr. to 雲|云 or )
Nanjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Indochina
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
(Tw, HK) South Korea
Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州市|郑州市 (abbr. to )
Nanshan or Namsan, common place name / Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
Nanchong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Vietnam / Vietnamese
Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
lit. a dream of Nanke / fig. dreams of grandeur
Jinan, sub-provincial city and capital of Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
southern Asia
Nanyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Southeast Asia / South seas
Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市 (abbr. to 瓊|琼)
Southern China
Nantou County in central Taiwan
Shinan district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Southeast Asia
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
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山 / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
South America
Nancy
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
South Vietnam / South Vietnamese
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)
South China Sea
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
to go down south
Suriname, NE of South America (Tw)
South America
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 Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
South China / see 南華縣|南华县
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
Minnan (southern Fujian)
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
Hunan Province, capital Changsha 長沙市|长沙市 (abbr. to )
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 Hemisphere
Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
Southern Ocean
Nanfeng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
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
Southern Europe
puyuma, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
Antarctica
Ju'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
southward
Canaan (in Biblical Palestine)
Beinan or Peinan township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Gangnan district of Guigang city 貴港市|贵港市, Guangxi
Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong / Nanshan district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗, Heilongjiang
Fengnan district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
Nan'an, county-level city in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian
Nanjiao district of Datong city 大同市, Shanxi
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
Nantou city and county in central Taiwan
New South Wales, southeast Australian state
south side / south
the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)

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