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Animated Stroke Order 南

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Stroke Order Diagrams 南

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
dōng
tiān
nán
fāng
běi
fāng
nuǎn
huo

The south is warmer than the north in winter

2
nán
jīng
shì
zuò
shǐ
yōu
jiǔ
de
chéng
shì

Nanjing is a city with a long history

3
zhǐ
nán
zhēn
bāng
zhù
men
biàn
bié
fāng
xiàng

The compass helps us identify directions

4
xiǎng
běi
jīng
què
mǎi
le
shàng
hǎi
de
piào
zhēn
shì
nán
yuán
běi
zhé

He wants to go to Beijing, but bought a ticket to Shanghai, which is completely opposite to his goal.

5
gōng
xiǎng
gāo
yuán
gōng
xiào
què
zēng
jiā
le
gèng
duō
huì
zhè
zhǒng
zuò
jiǎn
zhí
shì
nán
yuán
běi
zhé

The company wants to improve employee efficiency, but adds more meetings, which is completely counterproductive.

6
zhèng
shì
tōng
guò
jiǎn
shuì
lái
jīng
dàn
tóng
shí
yòu
xuē
jiǎn
gōng
gòng
zhī
chū
zhè
zhǒng
nán
yuán
běi
zhé
de
zhèng
hěn
nán
dào
xiào
guǒ

The government tries to stimulate the economy by cutting taxes, but simultaneously slashes public spending drastically. Such contradictory policies are unlikely to achieve the desired results.

7
zhǐ
nán
zhēn
néng
zhǐ
fāng
xiàng

A compass can point directions.

8
zài
sēn
lín
zhǐ
nán
zhēn
bāng
zhù
men
zhǎo
dào
zhèng
què
de

In the forest, a compass helps us find the right way.

9
zhǐ
nán
zhēn
shì
zhōng
guó
dài
míng
zhī
duì
háng
hǎi
tàn
xiǎn
yǒu
zhòng
yào
yǐng
xiǎng

The compass is one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China, which had a significant impact on navigation and exploration.

10
zhè
shì
nán
guā

This is a pumpkin.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#414
Zhuyinㄋㄢˊ
Components
UnicodeU+5357
CangjieJBJ
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality