南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 南边 南邊 nán bian south / south side / southern part / to the south of syn 航海 háng hǎi to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage 南面 nán miàn south side / south syn 曼德拉 màn dé lā Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999 釜山 fǔ shān Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4], South Korea 南北 nán běi north and south / north to south 江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) 大田 dà tián Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian / Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1qing1nan2dao4], South Korea syn 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess syn 远洋 遠洋 yuǎn yáng distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast) syn 南侧 南側 nán cè south side / south face syn 海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time syn 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 光州 guāng zhōu Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川[Huang2 chuan1] in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan / Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4], South Korea 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom) / earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance syn 重洋 chóng yáng seas and oceans syn 中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa 岭南 嶺南 lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi 南越 nán yuè South Vietnam / South Vietnamese 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 大藏经 大藏經 dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea syn 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 骇浪 駭浪 hài làng swelling or stormy seas 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom) syn 南区 南區 nán qū south district of city / south zone / Nan south district of a Taiwanese city 南 nán south syn 韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 美洲 měi zhōu America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲[Ya4 mei3 li4 jia1 Zhou1] 马赛 馬賽 mǎ sài Marseille, city in south France / Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan 南美 nán měi South America 南非 nán fēi South Africa / Southern Africa 南极 南極 nán jí south pole 悉尼 xī ní Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia 韩元 韓元 hán yuán South Korean won (currency) 南韩 南韓 nán hán (Tw, HK) South Korea 南美洲 nán měi zhōu South America 以南 yǐ nán to the south of (suffix) 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 仁川 rén chuān Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea 皮尔 皮爾 pí ěr Pierre, capital of South Dakota 两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles 普罗旺斯 普羅旺斯 pǔ luó wàng sī Provence (south of France) 南海 nán hǎi South China Sea 汤加 湯加 tāng jiā Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom 开普敦 開普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa) 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 中南部 zhōng nán bù south central region 南下 nán xià to go down south 南湾 南灣 nán wān South 金大中 jīn dà zhōng Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000 南路 nán lù south road 韩语 韓語 hán yǔ Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea) 海南岛 海南島 hǎi nán dǎo Hainan Island in South China Sea 南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace 高雄 gāo xióng Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan 中韩 中韓 zhōng hán China-South Korea 客家 kè jiā Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south syn 韩流 韓流 hán liú Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s) 屏东 屏東 píng dōng Pingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 首尔 首爾 shǒu ěr Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]) 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 东南西北 東南西北 dōng nán xī běi east, south, west and north / all directions syn 吴国 吳國 wú guó Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms 金砖 金磚 jīn zhuān BRIC / BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) 南苑 nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing 华南理工大学 華南理工大學 huá nán lǐ gōng dà xué South China University of Technology 五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn 鼓山 gǔ shān Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan 南道 nán dào south road 两河 兩河 liǎng hé the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia 朝韩 朝韓 cháo hán North and South Korea 南北长 南北長 nán běi cháng north-south distance 小港 xiǎo gǎng Xiaogang or Hsiaokang district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan 南朝鲜 南朝鮮 nán cháo xiǎn South Korea 魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wèi jìn nán běi cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui 华南虎 華南虎 huá nán hǔ South China Tiger 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 南岛 南島 nán dǎo South Island (New Zealand) 金泉 jīn quán Gimcheon (city in South Korea) 依云 依雲 yī yún Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France 济州岛 濟州島 jì zhōu dǎo Jeju Island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site 士族 shì zú land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝[Wei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2] 韩美 韓美 hán měi South Korean-US 南安普敦 nán ān pǔ dūn Southampton, town in south England 佤族 wǎ zú Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia 四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) 西沙群岛 西沙群島 xī shā qún dǎo Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea 图瓦 圖瓦 tú wǎ Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia 占城 佔城 zhàn chéng Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 高雄市 gāo xióng shì Kaohsiung or Gaoxiong city in south Taiwan 五岭 五嶺 wǔ lǐng the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3] 韩 韓 hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han 午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) syn 