HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

西南 xīnán “southwest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 西南 means

  1. southwest

How to say 西南

    西南 in a sentence

    1. 成都在中国的西南。

      Chéngdū zài Zhōngguó de xīnán.

      Chengdu is in the southwest of China.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    2. 我们的学校在城市的西南边。

      Wǒmen de xuéxiào zài chéngshì de xīnán biān.

      Our school is in the southwest of the city.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    How 西南 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 西 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
    西xīwest
    • 兀weak · wù
    • 囗enclosure · wéi

    Memory aidDrawn from a bird's nest. It was borrowed early on for “west”.

    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

    How to write 西南

    西 6 strokes · 南 9 strokes

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

    Words related to 西南

    Words with 西

    东西dōngxi · thing西瓜xīguā · watermelon西xī · West西方xīfāng · the West西北xīběi · northwest西红柿xīhóngshì · tomato东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

    Words with 南

    南nán · South南方nánfāng · the south东南dōngnán · southeast指南针zhǐnánzhēn · compass南辕北辙nányuánběizhé · to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose

    More words: Places & Getting Around

    路边lùbiān · roadside路口lùkǒu · intersection东北dōngběi · northeast小区xiǎoqū · residential estate西北xīběi · northwest体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium外地wàidì · another part of the country晚点wǎndiǎn · (of trains

    FAQs

    西南 (xīnán) means “southwest”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
    Say it xīnán: xīnán. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 西南 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 西南 from the suggestions. Typing xinan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    西南 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.