| 南 |
nán yuán běi zhé | to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom) |
| 南 |
Nán | surname Nan |
| 南 |
nā | used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 |
nán | south |
| 辕 |
yuán | shaft of a cart or carriage / (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office |
| 北 |
běi | north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 辙 |
zhé | rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有 or 没) way; idea |