河南
Hé nán
Pinyin

Definition

河南
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Hé nán
  1. Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
南宁
Nán níng
  1. 1 Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
南方
nán fāng
  1. 1 south
  2. 2 the southern part of the country
  3. 3 the South
南昌
Nán chāng
  1. 1 Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China
  2. 2 also Nanchang county

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)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
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)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sample Sentences

大家好，我叫李松燕，来自河南。
dàjiāhǎo ，wǒ jiào Lǐ Sōngyàn ，láizì Hénán 。
Hi everyone, I'm Li Songyan, from Henan.
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松燕，来自河南。那么用河南话给大家拜个年吧。
Sōngyàn ，láizì Hénán 。nàme yòng Hénánhuà gěi dàjiā bài ge nián ba 。
Songyan, from Henan. Well, how about using Henanese to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
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在你的家乡河南，有什么特别的春节的习俗吗？
zài nǐ de jiāxiāng Hénán ，yǒu shénme tèbié de chūnjié de xísú ma ？
What special New Year customs do people have in your home area of Henan?
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非常有意思。好的。那么，河南有什么特别的这样的习俗？
fēicháng yǒuyìsi 。hǎo de 。nàme ，Hénán yǒu shénme tèbié de zhèyàng de xísú ？
Very interesting. Great. Well, then, what other special customs do you have in Henan?
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哦，这个河南话叫呷呷吗？
ō ，zhège hénán huà jiào gāga ma ？
Oh, this xia xia is Henanese?
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快看，“河南高考替考事件”上今天的微博头条了！
kuài kàn ，“Hénán gāokǎo tìkǎo shìjiàn ”shàng jīntiān de wēibó tóutiáo le ！
Quick, look at this. "Henan's College Entry Exam Incident of Stand-in Examinees" hit Weibo's headlines today.
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其实我也没见过，听说记着我们家是从山东迁到河南的，后来又迁到江苏。其它的都是人名吧。
qíshí wǒ yě méi jiàn guo ，tīngshuō jì zhe wǒmen jiā shì cóng shāndōng qiān dào Hénán de ，hòulái yòu qiān dào Jiāngsū 。qítā de dōu shì rénmíng ba 。
To tell the truth, I've never seen it. I've heard that it records our family's movement from Shandong to Henan, and then to Jiangsu. The rest is just names.
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浙江衢州。南阳在河南的南面吗？
Zhèjiāng Qúzhōu 。Nányáng zài Hénán de nánmiàn ma ？
Quzhou, Zhejiang. Is Nanyang in southern Henan?
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河南南阳。你呢？
Hénán Nányáng 。nǐ ne ？
Nanyang, Henan. How about you?
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那河南河北呢？
nà Hénán Héběi ne ？
Then what about Henan and Hebei?
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