Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 西南
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
东南dōngnánsoutheast
南nánsouth; surname Nan
南方nánfāngsouth; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
西xīthe West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish; west
西北xīběiNorthwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang); northwest