西
南

Southwest in Chinese: 西南 (xī nán)

xī nán

southwest

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1southwest

Stroke order

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西
南

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 西南 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 从这里往西南走就到了。

    cóng zhè lǐ wǎng xī nán zǒu jiù dào le。

    Go southwest from here and you'll arrive.

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Related words

南

nán

south

西

xī

west

东西

dōng xī

east and west

西瓜

xī guā

watermelon

南边

nán bian

south

西边

xī biān

west

东南

dōng nán

southeast

南方

nán fāng

south

西北

xī běi

northwest

西餐

xī cān

Western-style food

西方

xī fāng

the West

西医

xī yī

Western medicine

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