指し南なん車しゃしなんしゃMeanings1nounsouth-pointing chariothistorical termHistorical term for an ancient Chinese vehicle with a mechanism that kept a figure pointing south, used as a compass.指し南なん車しゃは古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくで発はつ明めいされたと伝つたえられている。The south-pointing chariot is said to have been invented in ancient China.