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South in Chinese

south · HSK 3

南 nán

一直往南走就到了。 Keep going south and you'll get there.

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How do you say south in Chinese?

South in Chinese is 南 (nán). You can also say 南方 (nán fāng), 南部 (nán bù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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