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南: South

By April 14, 2015December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

南 nán

noun
: south

Kun Reading

南 | みなみ minami

noun
: south

On Reading

なん nan

 Usage:

南方 nan2fang1: the South
[なんぽう nanbou: south; southern; southward]
南京 nan2jing1: Nanjing [ナンキン nankin]

南京大屠殺 [南京大屠杀] nan2 jing1 da4 tu2 sha1
: the Nanjing Massacre of 1937-38
 
南京大屠殺事件 [南京大屠杀事件] nan2 jing1 da4 tu2 sha1 shi4 jian4
The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如)

photo credit: to publisher
 
南京事件 | なんきんじけん nankin jiken
: Nanking Incident (targeting of Nanking’s foreign properties and residents by Kuomintang troops in March, 1927)
: Rape of Nanking (1937); Nanking Massacre

南部 nan2bu4: southern part [なんぶ nanbu]
南極[极] nan2ji2: South Pole
[南極点 なんきょくてん Nankyokuten]
南美梨 nan2 mei3 li2: avocado (Persea americana)
南非茶 nan2 fei1 cha2: rooibos tea
東[东]南 dong1nan2: southeast [とうなん tounan]
西南 xi1nan2: southwest [せいなん seinan]
海南 hai3nan2: Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊, capital Haikou 海口; Hainan Island; Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市, Inner Mongolia; Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai
[かいなん kainan: Kainan]

海南海南岛[岛] hai3nan2 dao3: Hainan Island in South China Sea
[海南島 | かいなんとう hainan tou: Hainan Island (China)]

越南 yue2nan2: Vietnam
[えつなん eitsunan OR べとなむ betonamu]
湖南 hu2nan2: Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙
[こなん konan]
東[东]南西北 dong1 nan2 xi1 bei3: east, south, west and north; all directions
[東西南北 | とうざいなんぼく touzai nanhoku: east, west, south and north]



Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | Buddhist term
*南征北伐 | なんせいほくばつ nansei hokubatsu
: (yoji) attacking in all directions

南船北馬 | なんせんほくば nansen hokuba
: (yoji) constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering

南無妙法蓮華経 | なむみょうほうれんげきょう namu myougouren gekyou
: Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra

*南無阿弥陀仏 | なむあみだぶつ namu amutabutsu
: I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | Buddhist term
南轅北轍 [南辕北辙] nan2 yuan2 bei3 zhe2
: to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose

大江南北 da4 jiang1 nan2 bei3
: lit. both sides of the Yangtze River; fig. throughout a vast area

天南地北 tian1 nan2 di4 bei3
: distant places; all over the country; (to talk) about this and that

終南捷徑 [终南捷径] zhong1 nan2 jie2 jing4
: lit. Mt Zhongnan is a shortcut to a ministerial job; fig. to take a shortcut to promotion

不撞南牆不回頭 [不撞南墙不回头] bu4 zhuang4 nan2 qiang2 bu4 hui2 tou2
: to stubbornly insist on one’s own ideas

*南無阿彌陀佛 [南无阿弥陀佛] nan2 wu2 a1 mi2 tuo2 fo2
: I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me

福如東海,壽比南山 fu2 ru2 dong1 hai3 shou4 bi3 nan2 shan1
: (blessing) may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea, live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! Long may you live with immense happiness!

 Etymology:


象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a musical bell.

 Music:


江南 – JJ Lin 林俊杰

作詞:李瑞洵
作曲:林俊傑

風到這裡就是黏 黏住過客的思念
雨到了這裡纏成線 纏著我們流連人世間

你在身邊就是緣 緣份寫在三生石上面
愛有萬分之一甜 寧願我就葬在這一點

圈圈圓圓圈圈 天天年年天天 的我
更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網
深深看你的臉 生氣的溫柔 埋怨的溫柔 的臉

不懂愛恨情愁煎熬的我們 都以為相愛就像風雲的善變
相信愛一天 抵過永遠 在這一剎那凍結了時間

不懂怎麼表現溫柔的我們 還以為殉情只是古老的傳言
離愁能有多痛 痛有多濃 當夢被埋在江南煙雨中
心碎了才懂

credit: JJ Lin 林俊杰

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