| 恩施土家族苗族自治州 |
Ēn shī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省 |
| 恩 |
ēn |
variant of 恩 |
| 恩 |
ēn |
favor / grace / kindness |
| 恩施 |
Ēn shī |
see 恩施土家族苗族自治州 / see 恩施市 |
| 施 |
Shī |
surname Shi |
| 施 |
shī |
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) |
| 土 |
Tǔ |
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu |
| 土 |
tǔ |
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 土家族 |
Tǔ jiā zú |
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
| 家族 |
jiā zú |
family / clan |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 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 |
| 自治州 |
zì zhì zhōu |
autonomous prefecture |
| 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 |
| 州 |
zhōu |
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |