南 nán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
南极洲
Nánjízhōu
Antarctica
Characters in this word
洲 zhōu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 州 state, province, prefecture
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 南极洲的冰层变化对全球海平面有重要影响。 Nánjízhōu de bīngcéng biànhuà duì quánqiú hǎipíngmiàn yǒu zhòngyào yǐngxiǎng. Changes in Antarctica's ice sheets have an important impact on global sea levels.
- 企鹅生活在南极洲寒冷的海边。 Qǐ'é shēnghuó zài Nánjízhōu hánlěng de hǎibiān. Penguins live on the cold coast of Antarctica.
- 去南极洲旅行要穿很厚的衣服。 Qù Nánjízhōu lǚxíng yào chuān hěn hòu de yīfu. You need to wear very thick clothes to travel to Antarctica.
Related words
- 南 nán south
- 南边 nánbian south side
- 东南 dōngnán southeast
- 南方 nánfāng the south
- 西南 xīnán southwest
- 南部 nánbù southern part
- 南北 nánběi north and south
- 南极 nánjí South Pole
- 南美洲 Nánměizhōu South America
- 南瓜 nánguā pumpkin; squash
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that contradicts one's goal; to go in the opposite direction
- 指南 zhǐnán guide; handbook; guidelines