南

南 nán in a sentence

South

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 26 sentences

南 (nán) means South. Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我家在城市的 南 边。

Wǒ jiā zài chéngshì de nánbian.

My home is on the south side of the city.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 南

冬天他们去 南 方旅游。

Dōngtiān tāmen qù nánfāng lǚyóu.

In winter they travel to the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 南

这个房间朝 南 。

Zhège fángjiān cháo nán.

This room faces south.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 朝

他在 南 方生长。

Tā zài nánfāng shēngzhǎng.

He grew up in the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 生长

南 方盛产大米。

Nánfāng shèngchǎn dàmǐ.

The south produces rice in abundance.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盛产

我姑姑住在 南 方。

Wǒ gūgu zhù zài nánfāng.

My aunt lives in the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 姑姑

我的家乡在 南 方。

Wǒ de jiāxiāng zài nánfāng.

My hometown is in the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 家乡

我从来没去过 南 方。

Wǒ cónglái méi qù guo nánfāng.

I have never been to the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 从来

南 方的夏天很潮湿。

Nánfāng de xiàtiān hěn cháoshī.

Summers in the south are very humid.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 潮湿

他乘飞机去了 南 方。

Tā chéng fēijī qù le nánfāng.

He flew south by plane.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 乘

南 方的气候比较暖和。

Nánfāng de qìhòu bǐjiào nuǎnhuo.

The climate in the south is rather warm.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 气候

南 方地区雨水比较多。

Nánfāng dìqū yǔshuǐ bǐjiào duō.

Southern regions get more rain.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 地区

这种植物分布在 南 方。

Zhè zhǒng zhíwù fēnbù zài nánfāng.

This plant is found in the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 分布

南 北方的口味不一样。

Nán běi fāng de kǒuwèi bù yíyàng.

Northern and southern tastes are different.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 口味

南 方的空气比较湿润。

Nánfāng de kōngqì bǐjiào shīrùn.

The air in the south is fairly humid.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 湿润

他走 南 闯北,见多识广。

Tā zǒu nán chuǎng běi, jiànduōshíguǎng.

He has travelled far and wide and seen a great deal.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 见多识广

听口音他好像是 南 方人。

Tīng kǒuyīn tā hǎoxiàng shì nánfāngrén.

By his accent he seems to be from the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 口音

在森林里指 南 针很有用。

Zài sēnlín lǐ zhǐnánzhēn hěn yǒuyòng.

A compass is very useful in a forest.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 指南针

他是从 南 边的一个省来的。

Tā shì cóng nánbian de yí ge shěng lái de.

He comes from a province in the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 省

这种鸟每年秋天向 南 迁徙。

Zhè zhǒng niǎo měi nián qiūtiān xiàng nán qiānxǐ.

This bird migrates south every autumn.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迁徙

南 北方的饮食差别非常明显。

Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí chābié fēicháng míngxiǎn.

The difference between northern and southern food is very marked.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 差别

公司把生产基地搬到了 南 方。

Gōngsī bǎ shēngchǎn jīdì bān dào le nánfāng.

The company moved its production base to the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 基地

他们的做法和目标 南 辕北辙。

Tāmen de zuòfǎ hé mùbiāo nányuánběizhé.

Their methods run directly counter to their goal.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 南辕北辙

南 北方的饮食习惯差别很大。

Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí xíguàn chābié hěn dà.

Eating habits differ greatly between north and south.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饮食

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南 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 南

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How is 南 used in a sentence?

This page shows 26 sentences using 南 (nán, "South"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 南 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 南 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 南 an HSK word?

Yes — 南 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

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The dictionary page for 南 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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