| 新平彝族傣族自治县 | Xīn píng Yí zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiàn | Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County in Yuxi 玉溪市, Yunnan | 
| 新 | Xīn | abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 / abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin | 
| 新 | xīn | new / newly / meso- (chemistry) | 
| 平 | Píng | surname Ping | 
| 平 | píng | flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平声 | 
| 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) | 
| 傣 | Dǎi | Dai (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 |