What are the directions of nswe?

S = South-South; N = north north; E = Dongdong; W = west west

Details are as follows:

1, "n" is the first letter of the word "North" in English, and the Chinese translation of this word is: North or north;

2. "S" is the first letter of the word "South" in English, and the Chinese translation of this word is: South or South;

3. "E" is the first letter of the word "East" in English, and the Chinese translation of this word is: East or East;

4. "W" is the first letter of the word "West" in English, and the Chinese translation of this word is: West or West.

In translation, if you want to translate East, West, North and South, you can translate directly into East and West. There are also: northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest.

Note: English, like Chinese, has special words for east, west, north and south, but if it is not these four directions, the expression will be different. Chinese always starts with "East and West" for other directions, while English always starts with "North and South" for other directions.

For example: Chinese: Northeast (note: East first, then North) English: Northeast (note: North first, then East).

Extended data

The earth is a big magnet. The poles of the earth are close to the geographical south pole and the geographical north pole respectively. When the magnets on the surface of the earth can rotate freely, they will indicate the north and south because of the nature that the magnets repel each other and attract each other-this truth was not understood by the ancients; But this phenomenon has been discovered by the ancients. Using this principle, China ancients invented the prototype of the compass-Sina.

In order to accurately determine the relative direction of the compass, people later added four directions (e, s, w, n) to it.

As one of four great inventions of ancient china, the invention of compass has played an inestimable role in the development of human science and technology and civilization. In ancient China, the compass was first used for rituals, etiquette, military affairs and divination, and to determine the orientation when looking at Feng Shui.

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