| 城步苗族自治县 |
Chéng bù Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, in Shaoyang City 邵阳市, Hunan |
| 城 |
chéng |
city walls / city / town / CL:座,道,个 |
| 城步 |
Chéng bù |
see 城步苗族自治县 |
| 步 |
Bù |
surname Bu |
| 步 |
bù |
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 苗 |
Miáo |
surname Miao / Miao ethnic group |
| 苗 |
miáo |
young plant; seedling / (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 鱼苗) / (bound form) offspring; descendant / (bound form) sign or indication of sth (e.g. 苗头, 矿苗) / (bound form) vaccine |
| 苗族 |
Miáo zú |
Miao 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 |