巴南

Bānán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Banan (district in southern Chongqing)

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zài Bānán Qū gōngzuò.
He works in Banan District.
HSK 7-9
Bānán Qū kàojìn Chóngqìng zhǔchéng.
Banan District is close to central Chongqing.

Tips

culture
巴南 means 'south of ' - being the ancient Ba kingdom absorbed by Qin in 316 BCE, whose core territory is now Chongqing. The district was carved out of the older 巴县 in 1994. Hot-pot fans know it as one of the birthplaces of Chongqing-style 火锅, and the area around 南温泉 is a historic hot-springs resort.
memory
Pair it with 江北 (Jiangbei, 'north of the river'), 渝北 (Yubei), 渝中 (Yuzhong) - Chongqing's districts are named by where they sit relative to the Jialing and Yangtze rivers and the old Ba capital.

Stroke Order

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