南方 nán fāng
“south; the southern part of the country; the South”
place word, locality word2021 list level 2
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
南方 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 777: 南方 nánfāng — Level 3; official annotation 3 (名). PDF page 99
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 南方
Noun meaning 'the south, the southern part of a country'. It stands alone as a place/region word, so you say 在南方、南方人、南方的天气 — not 在南方的 (as a noun alone) and no classifier is used with it.
例句Example sentences
- 南方的冬天不太冷，但是很潮湿。nán fāng de dōng tiān bú tài lěng, dàn shì hěn cháo shī.Winters in the south aren't very cold, but they are very humid.
- 我爷爷奶奶住在南方的一个小城市。wǒ yé ye nǎi nai zhù zài nán fāng de yí gè xiǎo chéng shì.My grandparents live in a small city in the south.
- 在中国，南方人一般比北方人更常吃米饭。zài zhōng guó, nán fāng rén yì bān bǐ běi fāng rén gèng cháng chī mǐ fàn.In China, southerners generally eat rice more often than northerners.
易混词Easily confused
南方vs南部
南部 refers to the southern part of a specific area and often follows a place name or occurs with 地区: 城市南部、中国南部、南部地区. 南方 is a general 'the south' and is the natural choice in 南方人、住在南方.