Word origins

• NanganA rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, primarily made up of Matsu (Nangan) Island.
• NangangA district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
• NanhuiA district of Shanghai, China.
• NanleA county of Puyang, Henan, China.
• NanlingA county of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
• NanmingA district of Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
• NanpiaoA district of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
• NanpingA prefecture-level city of Fujian, China.
• NanriA town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.
• NanshaA district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
• NanshiA district of Shanghai, China.
• NansiA lake in Jining, Shandong, China.
• NanxunA district of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• NanzhangA county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
• Nanzhaoa kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE.
• NanzhengA county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
• NanzhiliA former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Nanjing, later renamed Jiangnan by the Qing Dynasty and divided into Jiangsu and Anhui under the Qianlong Emperor.
• NayongA county of Bijie, Guizhou, China.
• NeihuangA county of Anyang, Henan, China.
• NeijiangA prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
• NeimenA district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• NeixiangA county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
• new immigrantA person that immigrated to Taiwan after 1987, during and after the end of the martial law era; mainly used for Mainland Chinese and Southeast Asian women who migrate to Taiwan for marriage.
• NiaosongA district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• NibuchuSynonym of Nerchinsk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• Ning'anA county-level city of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China, located on Mudan (Hurha) river, not far from Mudanjiang city
• NingdeA prefecture-level city of Fujian, China.
• NinggutaSynonym of Ning'an.
• NingheA district of Tianjin, China.
• NingjiangA district of Songyuan, Jilin, China.
• NinglangAn Yi autonomous county in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
• NinglingA county of Shangqiu, Henan, China.
• NingmingA county of Chongzuo, Guangxi, China.
• NingqiangA county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
• NingshanA county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
• NingwuA mountain pass and important gate in the Great Wall in Shanxi, China.
• NingxiangA county-level city of Changsha, Hunan, China.
• NingyangA county of Tai'an, Shandong, China.
• NingyuanA county of Yongzhou, Hunan, China.
• NuannuanA district of Keelung, Taiwan.
• NuchenSynonym of Jurchen.
• NuchihSynonym of Jurchen.
• NüshuA syllabic script which was used exclusively among the ethnic Yao women of Jiangyong, Hunan, China, from the 9th century, used to write the Xiangnan Tuhua lect of Chinese, which mostly fell out of use during the 20th century.
• NuzhenSynonym of Jurchen.
• NuzhiSynonym of Jurchen.
• osmanthus wineA Chinese distilled spirit flavored with osmanthus flowers, specially consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• OuhaiA district of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
• paibanA clapper made from several flat pieces of hardwood or bamboo, used in Chinese music.
• paifangA traditional Chinese architectural style of gateway.
• pailouSynonym of paifang.
• PanjinA prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.
• PanshiA county-level city of Jilin, Jilin, China.
• PanzhihuaA prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
• PanzhouA county-level city of Liupanshui, Guizhou, China.
• PaokingSynonym of Shaoyang.
• PeikantangSynonym of Beigan (island)
• PeipingFormer name of Beijing.
• Pen-ch'iSynonym of Benxi.
• P'engA surname from Mandarin.
• PengjiaAn islet of Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan.
• PenglaiA district of Yantai, in eastern Shandong, China (famous for its mirages out at sea), formerly known as Tengchow and since renamed for a mythical island.
• PengyangA county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
• PianguanSynonym of Piantou, a mountain pass and important gate in Shanxi, China.
• Ping'anA district of Haidong, Qinghai, China, formerly a county.
• PingbaA district of Anshun, Guizhou, China, formerly a county.
• PingbianA Miao autonomous county in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
• PingchengA district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
• PingdingA county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
• PingdingshanA prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
• PingguA district of Beijing, China, formerly a county.
• PinghuA county-level city of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
• PinghuaA group of Chinese dialects spoken in Guangxi.
• PingjuA school of Chinese opera.
• PingliA county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
• PingliangA prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
• PinglinA district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
• PingluA district of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China.
• PingluoA county of Shizuishan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
• PingqiaoA district of Xinyang, Henan, China.
• PingrangSynonym of Pyongyang: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (capital city of North Korea).
• PingshanA district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
• PingshunA county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
• PingtanThe largest island of Fujian, China.
• PingtangA county of Qiannan prefecture, Guizhou, China.
• PingwuA county of Mianyang, Sichuan, China.
• PingxiA district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
• PingxiangA prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
• PingyangA county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• PingyuA county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
• PingyuanA former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.
• PingzhenA district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• PinkiangSynonym of Harbin; used especially during Japanese rule (1934–1945)
• PishanA county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
• PixianSynonym of Pi County in Sichuan, China.
• play-playTo mess around, to play around; to take things lightly.
• po poMother-in-law, (especially) the mother of one's husband.
• potstickerA kind of pan-fried dumpling in East Asian cuisines.
• PoyangA lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, the country's largest freshwater lake.
• Pu'anA county of Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.
• PubeiA county of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.