| 新疆维吾尔自治区 |
Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū |
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐市 (short name 新) |
| 新 |
Xīn |
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 / abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin |
| 新 |
xīn |
new / newly / meso- (chemistry) |
| 新疆 |
Xīn jiāng |
see 新疆维吾尔自治区 |
| 疆 |
jiāng |
border / boundary |
| 维 |
Wéi |
abbr. for Uyghur 维吾尔 / surname Wei |
| 维 |
wéi |
to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 维生素) |
| 维吾尔 |
Wéi wú ěr |
Uyghur ethnic group |
| 吾 |
Wú |
surname Wu |
| 吾 |
wú |
(old) I; my |
| 尔 |
ěr |
variant of 尔 |
| 尔 |
ěr |
thus / so / like that / you / thou |
| 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 |