| 1 | 南 | 南 | nán | Nan2 | south; surname Nan | | |
| 2 | 南京 | 南京 | nán jīng | Nan2 jing1 | Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江苏 ; capital of China at different historical periods | | |
| 3 | 南部 | 南部 | nán bù | nan2 bu4 | southern part | | |
| 4 | 南方 | 南方 | nán fāng | nan2 fang1 | south; the southern part of the country; the South | | |
| 5 | 湖南 | 湖南 | hú nán | Hu2 nan2 | Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘 , capital Changsha 长沙 | | |
| 6 | 南北 | 南北 | nán běi | nan2 bei3 | north and south; north to south | | |
| 7 | 西南 | 西南 | xī nán | xi1 nan2 | southwest | | |
| 8 | 越南 | 越南 | yuè nán | Yue4 nan2 | Vietnam; Vietnamese | | |
| 9 | 云南 | 雲南 | yún nán | Yun2 nan2 | Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇 or 云 , capital Kunming 昆明 | | |
| 10 | 东南 | 東南 | dōng nán | dong1 nan2 | southeast | | |
| 11 | 河南 | 河南 | hé nán | He2 nan2 | Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫 , capital Zhengzhou 郑州 | | |
| 12 | 江南 | 江南 | jiāng nán | Jiang1 nan2 | south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) | | |
| 13 | 海南 | 海南 | hǎi nán | Hai3 nan2 | Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 琼 , Qinghai | | |
| 14 | 南极 | 南極 | nán jí | nan2 ji2 | south pole | | |
| 15 | 南斯拉夫 | 南斯拉夫 | nán sī lā fū | Nan2 si1 la1 fu1 | Yugoslavia, 1943-1992 | | |
| 16 | 南下 | 南下 | nán xià | nan2 xia4 | to go down south | | |
| 17 | 南海 | 南海 | nán hǎi | Nan2 Hai3 | South China Sea | | |
| 18 | 以南 | 以南 | yǐ nán | yi3 nan2 | to the south of (suffix) | | |
| 19 | 南朝鲜 | 南朝鮮 | nán cháo xiǎn | Nan2 Chao2 xian3 | South Korea | | |
| 20 | 海南岛 | 海南島 | hǎi nán dǎo | Hai3 nan2 Dao3 | Hainan Island in South China Sea | | |
| 21 | 南美洲 | 南美洲 | nán měi zhōu | Nan2 mei3 zhou1 | South America | | |
| 22 | 东南亚 | 東南亞 | dōng nán yà | Dong1 nan2 ya4 | Southeast Asia | | |
| 23 | 南北朝 | 南北朝 | nán běi cháo | Nan2 Bei3 chao2 | Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) | | |
| 24 | 济南 | 濟南 | jǐ nán | Ji3 nan2 | Jinan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China | | |
| 25 | 南非 | 南非 | nán fēi | Nan2 fei1 | South Africa | | |