| 广西壮族自治区 |
Guǎng xī Zhuàng zú Zì zhì qū |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning 南宁市 (short name 桂) |
| 广 |
yǎn |
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc |
| 广 |
Guǎng |
surname Guang |
| 广 |
guǎng |
wide / numerous / to spread |
| 广西 |
Guǎng xī |
see 广西壮族自治区 |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 壮 |
Zhuàng |
Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China |
| 壮 |
zhuàng |
to strengthen / strong / robust |
| 壮族 |
Zhuàng zú |
Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in 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 |
| 自治区 |
zì zhì qū |
autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet) |
| 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 |
| 区 |
Ōu |
surname Ou |
| 区 |
qū |
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:个 |