| 北方民族大学 |
Běi fāng Mín zú Dà xué |
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities) |
| 北 |
běi |
north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 北方 |
běi fāng |
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River |
| 方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
| 方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 民 |
Mín |
surname Min |
| 民 |
mín |
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country |
| 民族 |
mín zú |
nationality; ethnic group |
| 民族大学 |
Mín zú Dà xué |
University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies) |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大学 |
Dà xué |
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism |
| 大学 |
dà xué |
university; college / CL:所 |
| 学 |
xué |
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |