| 北川羌族自治县 |
Běi chuān Qiāng zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, in Mianyang City 绵阳市, Sichuan |
| 北 |
běi |
north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 北川 |
Běi chuān |
see 北川羌族自治县 |
| 川 |
Chuān |
short name for Sichuan 四川 |
| 川 |
chuān |
(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country |
| 羌 |
Qiāng |
surname Qiang / Qiang ethnic group |
| 羌 |
qiāng |
muntjac / grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical) |
| 羌 |
qiāng |
variant of 羌 |
| 羌族 |
Qiāng zú |
Qiang ethnic group |
| 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 |