| 汉藏语系 |
Hàn Zàng yǔ xì |
Sino-Tibetan language family |
| 汉 |
Hàn |
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉 |
hàn |
man |
| 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 |
| 藏语 |
Zàng yǔ |
Tibetan language |
| 语 |
yǔ |
dialect / language / speech |
| 语 |
yù |
(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know |
| 语系 |
yǔ xì |
language family |
| 系 |
xì |
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) |
| 系 |
xì |
system / department / faculty |
| 系 |
jì |
to tie / to fasten / to button up |
| 系 |
xì |
to connect / to arrest / to worry |