南方nánfāng
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Meanings
1. south; southern direction
2. (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
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He must be from the South.
The north differs greatly from the south.
They all say I sound like someone from the north, but I'm actually from the south.
Many swallows will come soon from the south.
In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.
In Southern China, the qipao is also known as "changshan".