| 终南捷径 | zhōng nán jié jìng | lit. Mt Zhongnan is a shortcut to a ministerial job (idiom); fig. to take a shortcut to promotion |
| 肃南裕固族自治县 | Sù nán Yù gù zú zì zhì xiàn | Su'nan Yuguzu autonomous county in Gansu |
| 胶南 | Jiāo nán | Jiaonan county level city in Qingdao 青岛, Shandong |
| 胶南市 | Jiāo nán shì | Jiaonan county level city in Qingdao 青岛, Shandong |
| 台南府 | Tái nán fǔ | Tainan-Fu city in south Taiwan |
| 台南府市 | Tái nán fǔ shì | Tainan-Fu city in south Taiwan |
| 茂南 | Mào nán | Maonan district of Maoming city 茂名市, Guangdong |
| 茂南区 | Mào nán qū | Maonan district of Maoming city 茂名市, Guangdong |
| 莒南 | Jǔ nán | Ju'nan county in Linyi 临沂, Shandong |
| 莒南县 | Jǔ nán xiàn | Ju'nan county in Linyi 临沂, Shandong |
| 华南理工大学 | Huá nán Lǐ gōng Dà xué | South China University of Technology |
| 华南虎 | Huá nán hǔ | South China Tiger |
| 苍南 | Cāng nán | Cangnan county in Wenzhou 温州, Zhejiang |
| 苍南县 | Cāng nán xiàn | Cangnan county in Wenzhou 温州, Zhejiang |
| 苏里南 | sū lǐ nán | Suriname |
| 苏里南河 | sū lǐ nán hé | Suriname River |
| 虞世南 | Yú Shì nán | Yu Shi'nan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Poets of early Tang 唐初四大家 |
| 衡南 | Héng nán | Hengnan county in Hengyang 衡阳, Hunan |
| 衡南县 | Héng nán xiàn | Hengnan county in Hengyang 衡阳, Hunan |
| 西南中沙群岛 | Xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo | Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan |
| 西南亚 | xī nán yà | southwest Asia |
| 西南交通大学 | Xī nán Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Southwest Jiaotong University |
| 西南大学 | Xī nán Dà xué | Southwest University (Chongqing) |
| 西南部 | xī nán bù | southwest part |
| 丰南区 | Fēng nán qū | Fengnan district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei |
| 贵南 | Guì nán | Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai |
| 贵南县 | Guì nán xiàn | Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai |
| 贾南德拉 | Jiǎ nán dé lā | Gyanendra of Nepal |
| 走南闯北 | zǒu nán chuǎng běi | travel extensively |
| 越南 | Yuè nán | Vietnam; Vietnamese |
| 越南共产党 | Yuè nán Gòng chǎn dǎng | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| 越南刺鳑鲏 | Yuè nán cì páng pí | Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp) |
| 越南战争 | Yuè nán zhàn zhēng | Vietnam war; Vietnam conflict |
| 越南文 | Yuè nán wén | Vietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature |
| 越南语 | Yuè nán yǔ | Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt |
| 路南区 | Lù nán qū | Lunan district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei |
| 路南彝族自治县 | Lù nán Yí zú zì zhì xiàn | Lu'nan Yizu autonomous county in Yunnan |
| 辉南 | Huī nán | Huinan county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin |
| 辉南县 | Huī nán xiàn | Huinan county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin |
| 迦南 | Jiā nán | Canaan (in Biblical Palestine) |
| 连南瑶族自治县 | Lián nán Yáo zú zì zhì xiàn | Liannan Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong |
| 连南县 | Lián nán xiàn | Liannan Yaozu autonomous county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong |
| 金永南 | Jīn Yǒng nán | Kim Yong-nam (1928-), North Korean politician, foreign minister 1983-1998 and president of Supreme people's assembly from 1998 (nominal head of state and described as deputy leader) |
| 闽南 | Mǐn nán | Minnan, lit. south Fujian; a southern Chinese dialect of Fujian and east Guangdong |
| 闽南语 | Mǐn nán yǔ | Minnan, lit. south Fujianese dialect; southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong |
| 阜南 | Fù nán | Fu'nan county in Fuyang 阜阳, Anhui |
| 阜南县 | Fù nán xiàn | Funan County in Fuyang 阜阳, Anhui |
| 陇南 | Lǒng nán | Longnan prefecture level city in south Gansu |
| 陇南地区 | Lǒng nán dì qū | Longnan prefecture in south Gansu (bordering Shaanxi and Sichuan) |
| 陇南市 | Lǒng nán shì | Longnan prefecture level city in south Gansu |
