| 城步苗族自治县 |
Chéng bù Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County in Shaoyang 邵阳, Hunan |
| 城 |
chéng |
city walls / city / town / CL:座,道,个 |
| 城步 |
Chéng bù |
Chengbu Miao autonomous county in Shaoyang 邵阳, Hunan |
| 步 |
Bù |
surname Bu |
| 步 |
bù |
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 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 |