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东南

dōng nán

HSK 2 · word 626 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

浙江省地处中国东南沿海,隶属于华东地区。

zhè jiāng shěng dì chǔ zhōng guó dōng nán yán hǎi lì shǔ yú huá dōng dì qū

Zhejiang Province is located on the southeastern coast of China and belongs to the East China region.

Characters in 东南

east plus south — south-east, with the east named first as Chinese always does for intercardinal directions.

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