| 乳源瑶族自治县 |
Rǔ yuán Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County in Shaoguan 韶关, Guangdong |
| 乳 |
rǔ |
breast / milk |
| 源 |
yuán |
root / source / origin |
| 瑶 |
Yáo |
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia / surname Yao |
| 瑶 |
yáo |
jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific |
| 瑶族 |
Yáo zú |
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia |
| 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 |