What do compass N, E, S, and W stand for?

N, S, E, and W represent the four directions of north, south, east, and west respectively.

N, S, E, and W are the English abbreviations for the four directions of north, south, east, and west. The details are as follows:

1. "N" is the word " The first letter of "North", the Chinese translation of this word is: north or north;

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

3. "E" is the first letter of the word "East" in English. The Chinese translation of the word is: east or east;

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

Extended information:

In translation, if you want to translate southeast, northwest, you can directly translate it into east and west, north and south.

In addition, there are: ?northeast, northeast, northwest, ?southeast, southeast, southwest

Note: English and Chinese have special words for east, west, north, south, but if not When expressing these four directions, the expressions are different. In Chinese, other directions always start with "east, west", while in English, other directions always start with "north, south". For example:

Chinese: Northeast (Note: 'East' is in the front, 'North' is in the back)

English: northeast (Note: 'north' is in the front, 'east' is in the back)