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西南

xī nán · xi nan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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我(wǒ)会(huì)普(pǔ)通(tōng)话(huà)、西(xī)南(nán)官(guān)话(huà)、吴(wú)语(yǔ)和(hé)西(xī)班(bān)牙(yá)语(yǔ)。

I can speak Standard Chinese (Putonghua), Southwestern Mandarin, Wu Chinese, and Spanish.

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学(xué)校(xiào)在(zài)城(chéng)市(shì)的(de)西(xī)南(nán)角(jiǎo)，离(lí)这(zhè)里(lǐ)不(bù)远(yuǎn)。

The school is in the southwest corner of the city, not far from here.

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south

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