江南 jiāng nán

south of Changjiang or Yangtze river

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 24728th word

Definitions

  1. 1. south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2. south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3. often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4. in literature, refers to the sunny south
  5. 5. a province during Qing times
  6. 6. Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)

Characters

Character Meaning
river; surname Jiang
south; surname Nan