Chinese

南部

/nän³⁵ pu⁵¹/
southern part
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 3

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  • characterChinese南 “south; southern”
  • characterChinese部 “part; division; section”
    • soundChinese咅 “A sound used to indicate refusal.”
      • meaningChinese丶 “An ancient punctuation mark.”
      • soundChinese否 “nay; no; negative”
        • soundChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
        • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese邑 “state; country; nation”
      • ideaChinese囗 “box, enclosure”
      • ideaChinese卪 “joint; node”

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