| 南京 | nán jīng | Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods |
| 南北 | nán běi | north and south; north to south |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 河南 | hé nán | Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1] |
| 江南 | jiāng nán | south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang |
| 东南 | dōng nán | southeast |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; the southern part of the country |
| 湖南 | hú nán | Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1] |
| 云南 | yún nán | Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[dian1] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明 |
| 南京市 | nán jīng shì | Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods |
| 湖南省 | hú nán shěng | Hunan Province in south central China, abbr. 湘[Xiang1], capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1] |
| 东南亚 | dōng nán yà | Southeast Asia |
