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  naam4   jyutping
  nan2   pinyin
south; southern

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 9
Level: 1
Radical: (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 15386 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Oct 2014 11:02

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detail  naam4 fong1  nan2 fang1 = southern; the South
detail  naam4 bak1  nan2 bei3 = north and south
detail  naam4 gwaa1  nan2 gua1 = pumpkin
detail  dung1 naam4  dong1 nan2 = southeast
detail 西  sai1 naam4  xi1 nan2 = southwest
detail 西  dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1  dong1 nan2 xi1 bei3 = the four cardinal directions
detail  naam4 fei1  nan2 fei1 = South Africa
detail  naam4 hoi2  nan2 hai3 = South China Sea; Namhoi
detail  naam4 aa3  nan2 ya3 (Taiwan), nan2 ya4 (PRC) = southern Asia
detail  naam4 waa4  nan2 hua2 = South China (in names of places and institutions); (placename) Nam Wah
See all 239 compounds (CantoDict reports 248 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 南
detail 報紙南華明報各一
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.
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