| 南涧彝族自治县 | Nán jiàn Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Nanjian Yizu Autonomous County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan | 
| 南 | Nán | surname Nan | 
| 南 | nā | used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] | 
| 南 | nán | south | 
| 涧 | jiàn | variant of 涧 | 
| 涧 | jiàn | mountain stream | 
| 彝 | Yí | Yi ethnic group | 
| 彝 | yí | (archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule; convention | 
| 彝族 | Yí zú | Yi 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 |