云南
Yún nán
Pinyin

Definition

云南
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Yún nán
  1. Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[diān] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

南
Nán
  1. 1 surname Nan
南京
Nán jīng
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
南宁
Nán níng
  1. 1 Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
南方
nán fāng
  1. 1 south
  2. 2 the southern part of the country
  3. 3 the South
江南
Jiāng nán
  1. 1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4 a province during Qing times
  5. 5 in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. 6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
河南
Hé nán
  1. 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]
海南
Hǎi nán
  1. 1 Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qióng], capital Haikou 海口
  2. 2 Hainan Island
  3. 3 Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wū hǎi Shì], Inner Mongolia
  4. 4 Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
湖南
Hú nán
  1. 1 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]
济南
Jǐ nán
  1. 1 Jinan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China
越南
Yuè nán
  1. 1 Vietnam
  2. 2 Vietnamese
云南
Yún nán
  1. 1 Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[diān] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明
中南
Zhōng Nán
  1. 1 South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan)
  2. 2 abbr. for China-South Africa
中南海
Zhōng nán hǎi
  1. 1 Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
以南
yǐ nán
  1. 1 to the south of (suffix)
南下
nán xià
  1. 1 to go down south
南京市
Nán jīng shì
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
南京路
Nán jīng lù
  1. 1 Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai
南充
Nán chōng
  1. 1 Nanchong prefecture level city in Sichuan
南北
nán běi
  1. 1 north and south
  2. 2 north to south
南坪
Nán píng
  1. 1 Nanping, common place name
  2. 2 Nanping township in Nan'an district of Chongqing

Idioms (10)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
终南捷径
zhōng nán jié jìng
  1. 1 lit. Mt Zhongnan is a shortcut to a ministerial job (idiom); fig. to take a shortcut to promotion

Sample Sentences

哦，那咱不说这个传说。日本都有教授说日本人的祖先是云南人，他们专门去考察了好几次。好几次。后来还有电视台的去拍过电视，就叫《 日本的起源 》！
o ，nà zán bù shuō zhè ge chuánshuō 。rìběn dōu yǒu jiàoshòu shuō rìběn rén de zǔxiān shì yúnnán rén ，tā men zhuānmén qù kǎochá le hǎo jǐ cì 。hǎo jǐ cì 。hòulái hái yǒu diànshìtái de qù pāi guo diànshì ，jiù jiào 《 rìběndeqǐyuán 》！
OK, then we won't just talk about this legend. There are even Japanese professors who say that the ancestors of the Japanese were from Yunnan. They've specifically investigated this issue many times. Afterwards, there was also a TV station that made a show called ''The Origins of the Japanese People!"
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那是因为我们老啦，有大把的时间，哈哈。来来来，我这还有碧螺春、铁观音、云南普洱，既然来了就都尝尝看。
nà shì yīnwèi wǒmen lǎo la ，yǒu dàbǎ de shíjiān ，hāhā 。lái lái lái ，wǒ zhè háiyǒu Bìluóchūn 、Tiěguānyīn 、Yúnnán Pǔěr ，jìrán lái le jiù dōu chángchang kàn 。
That's because we're old and have a lot of time on our hands, ha ha. Come, come, I also have biluochun, tieguanyin and Yunnan pu'er, given that you're here, you should taste them all.
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4月25日下午，“世界的香格里拉”全国抖音挑战赛在云南省迪庆州正式启动。
yuè rì xiàwǔ ，“shìjiè de Xiānggélǐlā ”quánguó dǒuyīn tiǎozhàn sài zài YúnnánShěng díqìng zhōu zhèngshì qǐdòng 。
On the afternoon of April 25th, the "World's Shangri-La" National Tik Tok Challenge was officially launched in Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
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云南我也没去过。你先看一些介绍，确定一下路线。
Yúnnán wǒ yě méi qù guo 。nǐ xiān kàn yīxiē jièshào ，quèdìng yīxià lùxiàn 。
I haven’t been to Yunnan. You should take a look at some information first and decide on a route.
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去云南吧。
qù Yúnnán ba 。
Maybe I'll go to Yunnan.
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嗯，蚂蚁的蚂，蜜蜂的蜂。上面有好多攻略。有的人很强，用两三千块就能在云南玩十几天。
ng4 ，mǎyǐ de mǎ ，mìfēng de fēng 。shàngmian yǒu hǎo duō gōnglüè 。yǒu de rén hěn qiáng ，yòng liǎngsānqiān kuài jiù néng zài Yúnnán wán shíjǐ tiān 。
Yeah, the 'ma' from 'mayi', the 'feng' from 'mifeng'. There are many guides on there. Some of the people are really impressive. Using just two or three thousand kuai they can travel in Yunnan for over ten days.
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差不多就行了。单身去云南，很容易发生艳遇呢！
chàbuduō jiù xíng le 。dānshēn qù Yúnnán ，hěn róngyì fāshēng yànyù ne ！
A rough idea is good enough. When going to Yunnan alone, it‘s easy to have a romantic encounter.
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内服的话，云南白药挺好的。外用可以用红药水。
nèifú dehuà ，Yúnnán báiyào tǐng hǎo de 。wàiyòng kěyǐ yòng hóngyàoshuǐ 。
If you want something that can be taken orally, Yunnan Baiyao is quite good. For external use you can use mercurochrome.
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那要一盒云南白药和一瓶红药水吧。
nà yào yī hé Yúnnán báiyào hé yī píng hóngyàoshuǐ ba 。
Then I'll take one box of Yunnan Baiyao and one bottle of mercurochrome.
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云南小吃真多！
Yúnnán xiǎochī zhēn duō ！
There are so many small dishes in Yunnan!
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