南nán

Ⅰ ❶ （早晨面对太阳时右手的一边） south: 城 ～ south of the city; 华 ～ south China; ～ 岸 south coast; ～ 风 a south wind; ～ 屋 a room with a northern exposure; 正 ～ 偏东 south by east; 这屋子朝 ～。 The house faces towards the south.
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 霁云 Nan Jiyun Ⅱ  （向南方） southward: ～ 巡 make an inspection trip in the south; ～ 下 go down south
另见 see also nā。
◆南北 north and south; from north to south; 南北向 north-south; 南边 south; the southern part; 南部 southern part; south; 南昌 Nanchang; 南方 south; the southern part of the country; 南非 South Africa; 南风 souther; south wind; southerly; south; notos; 南瓜 pumpkin; squash; cushaw; cuaurbit; marrow squash; 南郭 a surname; 南国 [书] the southern part of the country; the South; 南海 the Nanhai Sea; the South China Sea; 南寒带 south frigid zone; 南回归线 the Tropic of Capricorn; 南箕北斗 the Winnowing-fan in the South and the Pole-star in the North — something which enjoys an empty name but serves no practical purpose; a false reputation without reality; 南极 the South Pole; the Antarctic Pole; the south magnetic pole; 南京 Nanjing; 南柯一梦 Nanke dream (from the story of a man who dreamed that he became the governor of Nanke in the Kingdom of the Ants); a fond dream; Alnaschar's dream; an empty dream; illusory joy; 南来北往 be always on the move; 南粮北调 supply grain to the north from the south; 南美洲 South America; 南面而[称]王 ascend [sit in] the throne; act like a king; 南南合作 South-South cooperation; 南南会议 South-South Conference; 南南问题 south to south problem; 南泥湾 Nanniwan; 南宁 Nanning; 南腔北调 (speak with) a mixed accent; mixed accent of north and south — hybrid; talk with a mixture of accents; (They) talked different dialects; 南沙群岛 the Nansha Islands; 南山可移 The southern mountain might be moved off (but the decision is irrevocable).; 南水北调 south water to north; divert water from the South to the North; 南斯拉夫 Yugoslavia; 南纬 south latitude; southern latitude; 南味 food-stuff from South China; 南温带 the south temperate zone; 南亚 South Asia; 南辕北辙 go south by driving the chariot north — act in a way that defeats one's purpose; be poles apart; go south by driving the chariot northward — act in direct contravention to; have nothing in common; means and end opposed; Practice diametrically opposed to preaching.; run counter to; 南征北战 fight north and south; fight battles throughout the length and breadth of the country; fight here and there; fight up and down the country; 南竹 mao bamboo