noun, specifically
southern China (usually referring to the area to the south of the Yellow River)
他是南方人,所以一張口説話就帶有南方口音。
他是南方人,所以一张口说话就带有南方口音。
tā shì nán fāng rén , suǒ yǐ yī zhāng kǒu shuō huà jiù dài yǒu nán fāng kǒu yīn . He is from the South, so when he opens his mouth to speak, you can hear his Southern accent.
中國南方喀斯特
中国南方喀斯特
zhōng guó nán fāng kā sī tè The South China Karst
noun
southern part (of a country)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 二级词汇表 #392
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
许多燕子不久就要从南方飞来了。
許多燕子不久就要從南方飛來了。
xǔ duō yàn zi bù jiǔ jiù yào cóng nán fāng fēi lái le 。
Lands in southern China are fertile and suitable for planting rice.
Cantonese
皇帝决定去南方出巡。
皇帝決定去南方出巡。
The king decided to make an inspection tour to the south.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
据说在1990年成立全苏东干族协会时,吉尔吉斯斯坦南方的奥什回回因为不会讲陕甘宁方言而嚎啕大哭,痛惜自己丢失了母语。
據說在1990年成立全蘇東干族協會時,吉爾吉斯斯坦南方的奧什回回因爲不會講陝甘寧方言而嚎啕大哭,痛惜自己丟失了母語。
jù shuō zài 1990 nián chéng lì quán sū dōng gān zú xié huì shí , jí ěr jí sī sī tǎn nán fāng de ào shén huí huí yīn wèi bù huì jiǎng shǎn gān níng fāng yán ér háo táo dà kū , tòng xī zì jǐ diū shī le mǔ yǔ .
It is said that during the 1990 formation of the All-Soviet Dungan Association, Hui of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan cried most terribly, unable to speak their Shaan-Gan-Ning dialect, lamenting the loss of their native language.