South Africa in Chinese

南非

Nán fēi

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South Africa is written in Chinese as 南非. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Nán fēi — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

南Nán
非fēi

南非 is written with 2 characters: 南 (Nán), 非 (fēi). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of South Africa.

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