台南

台

• 上台 shàng tái ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ soeng5 toi4 to rise to power (in politics)
• 下台 下臺 xià tái ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ haa6 toi4 to go off the stage
• 出台 出臺 chū tái ㄔㄨ ㄊㄞˊ ceot1 toi4 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
• 前台 前臺 qián tái ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ cin4 toi4 stage
• 台湾 台灣 Tái wān ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ toi4 waan1 variant of 台湾

南

• 南北 nán běi ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ naam4 bak1 north and south
• 南方 nán fāng ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤ naam4 fong1 south; southern direction
• 南极 南極 nán jí ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ naam4 gik6 the South Pole
• 南瓜 nán guā ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ naam4 gwaa1 pumpkin
• 南边 南邊 nán bian ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ naam4 bin1 south

• 唱对台戏 唱對臺戲 chàng duì tái xì ㄔㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄒㄧˋ coeng3 deoi3 toi4 hei3 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
• 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄞˊ gan6 seoi2 lau4 toi4 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
• 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù ㄓㄞˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄍㄠ ㄓㄨˋ zaai3 toi4 gou1 zuk1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt

• 大江南北 Dà jiāng nán běi ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ daai6 gong1 naam4 bak1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
• 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ naam4 gei1 bak1 dau2 lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)
• 南辕北辙 南轅北轍 nán yuán běi zhé ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄜˊ naam4 jyun4 bak1 cit3 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)