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南方

nán fāng

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

南方 (nán fāng) means "the south; southern China". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 南方 means

1. south; southern direction
2. (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River

The characters in 南方

• 南nánsouth
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 他飞到南方。
  He took off to the south.
• 他肯定是南方人。
  He must be from the South.
• 南方和北方的差异很大。
  The north differs greatly from the south.
• 比起南方， 北京的先天不算热
  Compared to south, summer in Beijing isn't really hot.
• 许多燕子不久就要从南方飞来了。
  Xǔduō yànzi bùjiǔ jiù yào cóng nánfāng fēi lái le.
  Many swallows will come soon from the south.
• 在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。
  Zài Zhōngguó nánfāng, qípáo yòuchēng "chángshān ".
  In Southern China, the qipao is also known as "changshan".

Words starting with 南方

• 南方周末Nán fāng Zhōu mòSouthern Weekend (newspaper)
• 南方澳渔港Nán fāng ào Yú gǎngNanfang-ao Port in Yilan County 宜兰县
• 南方古猿Nán fāng Gǔ yuánAustralopithecus

Words containing 南方

• 全球南方Quán qiú Nán fāng(geopolitics) the Global South

Sounds the same

Read nán fāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 男方(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side

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