西南 xīnán southwest
How to remember 西南: 西 west + 南 south = southwest.
Characters
How it is used
- Southwest - the direction, and the region covering Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Tibet.
- Note the character order: 西 (west) precedes 南 (south), the reverse of English 'south-west'. Pairs in the set 东南/西南/东北/西北.
Example sentences
- 云南在中国的西南边。 Yúnnán zài Zhōngguó de xīnán biān.Yunnan is in China’s southwest.