HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

南方 nánfāng “the south” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 南方 means

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

How to say 南方

    南方 in a sentence

    1. 南方和北方的差异很大。

      Nánfāng hé běifāng de chāyì hěn dà.

      The south and the north are very different.

      Sentence #12422361 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 在中国南方，旗袍又称“长衫”。

      Zài Zhōngguó nánfāng, qípáo yòuchēng "chángshān".

      In southern China, the qipao is also called “changshan”.

      Sentence #727971 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 他们都说我的口音像北方人，但我其实是南方人。

      Tāmen dōu shuō wǒ de kǒuyīn xiàng běifāng rén, dàn wǒ qíshí shì nánfāng rén.

      They all say I sound like someone from the north, but I’m actually from the south.

      Sentence #14002101 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 南方 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 南 (nán) with each of its parts in a different colour
    南nánsouth
    • 十ten · shí
    • 冂down box · jiōng
    • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
    • 干dry · gān
    The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
    方fāngsquare

    方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    How to write 南方

    南 9 strokes · 方 4 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    南方 (nánfāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 南方 (nánfāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 南方

    Words with 南

    南nán · South西南xīnán · southwest东南dōngnán · southeast指南针zhǐnánzhēn · compass南辕北辙nányuánběizhé · to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose

    Words with 方

    北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction方fāng · square

    More words: Places & Getting Around

    房子fángzi · house街jiē · street室shì · room北běi · north花园huāyuán · garden西方xīfāng · the West园yuán · garden行李xíngli · luggage

    FAQs

    南方 (nánfāng) means “the south” or “southern part of the country”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
    Say it nánfāng: nánfāng. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 南方 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nanfang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 南方 from the suggestions. Typing nanfang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    南方 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.