| 东乡族自治县 |
Dōng xiāng zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Dongxiang Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 临夏回族自治州, Gansu |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东乡 |
Dōng xiāng |
Dongxiang ethnic group / see 东乡族自治县 / see 东乡区 |
| 东乡族 |
Dōng xiāng zú |
Dongxiang ethnic group |
| 乡 |
xiāng |
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit) |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 自治 |
zì zhì |
autonomy |
| 自治县 |
zì zhì xiàn |
autonomous county |
| 治 |
zhì |
to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research |
| 县 |
xiàn |
county / (Japan) prefecture |