| 果洛藏族自治州 |
Guǒ luò Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省 |
| 果 |
guǒ |
fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really |
| 果洛 |
Guǒ luò |
see 果洛藏族自治州 |
| 洛 |
Luò |
surname Luo / old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui) |
| 洛 |
luò |
used in transliteration |
| 藏 |
Zàng |
Tibetan ethnic group / Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治区) |
| 藏 |
cáng |
to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect |
| 藏 |
zàng |
storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture |
| 藏族 |
Zàng zú |
Tibetan 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) |