南半球
Nán bàn qiú
Pinyin

Definition

南半球
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Nán bàn qiú
  1. Southern Hemisphere

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
全球
quán qiú
  1. 1 entire
  2. 2 total
  3. 3 global
  4. 4 the (whole) world
  5. 5 worldwide
半
bàn
  1. 1 half
  2. 2 semi-
  3. 3 incomplete
  4. 4 (after a number) and a half
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
南
Nán
  1. 1 surname Nan
南京
Nán jīng
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
地球
dì qiú
  1. 1 the earth
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
大半夜
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night
星球
xīng qiú
  1. 1 celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)
  2. 2 heavenly body
湖南
Hú nán
  1. 1 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]
球
qiú
  1. 1 ball
  2. 2 sphere
  3. 3 globe
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 ball game
  6. 6 match
  7. 7 CL:場|场[chǎng]
足球
zú qiú
  1. 1 soccer ball
  2. 2 a football
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 soccer
  5. 5 football
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
上半年
shàng bàn nián
  1. 1 first half (of a year)
下半年
xià bàn nián
  1. 1 second half of the year
下半身
xià bàn shēn
  1. 1 lower half of one's body
  2. 2 Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
中南海
Zhōng nán hǎi
  1. 1 Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council
乒乓球
pīng pāng qiú
  1. 1 table tennis
  2. 2 ping-pong
  3. 3 table tennis ball
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
以南
yǐ nán
  1. 1 to the south of (suffix)

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
  1. 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
  1. 1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

按理说南半球现在正由冬转春天气逐步转为温暖湿润，气候因素应不至于对火灾产生推波助澜的作用。
ànlǐshuō Nánbànqiú xiànzài zhèng yóu dōng zhuǎn chūn tiānqì zhúbù zhuǎnwéi wēnnuǎn shīrùn ，qìhòu yīnsù yīng bùzhìyú duì huǒzāi chǎnshēng tuībōzhùlán de zuòyòng 。
The southern hemisphere is gradually turning from warm winter to warm and humid, therefore climatic factors shouldn’t cause the fire.
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我一直在想，夏天不就应该去有阳光的地方吗？南半球那时候是冬天...
wǒ yīzhí zài xiǎng ，xiàtiān bù jiù yīnggāi qù yǒu yángguāng de dìfang ma ？nánbànqiú nà shíhou shì dōngtiān ...
I've been thinking, shouldn't we go somewhere sunny in summer? It is winter in the southern hemisphere at that time...
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这件事不是上次就讨论过了？是你说要去南半球避暑的。
zhè jiàn shì bùshì shàngcì jiù tǎolùn guò le ？shì nǐ shuō yào qù nánbànqiú bìshǔ de 。
Didn't we discuss this last time? It was you that said you wanted to go to the southern hemisphere to escape the heat.
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