| 务川仡佬族苗族自治县 |
Wù chuān Gē lǎo zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Wuchuan Klau and Hmong Autonomous County in Zunyi 遵义, northeast Guizhou |
| 务 |
wù |
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means |
| 川 |
Chuān |
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China |
| 川 |
chuān |
(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country |
| 仡 |
gē |
used in 仡佬族, Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou / Taiwan pr. [qi4] |
| 仡 |
yì |
strong / brave |
| 仡佬族 |
Gē lǎo zú |
Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou |
| 佬 |
lǎo |
male / man (Cantonese) |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 苗 |
Miáo |
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao |
| 苗 |
miáo |
sprout |
| 苗族 |
Miáo zú |
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China |
| 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 |