| 沧源佤族自治县 |
Cāng yuán Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Cangyuan Va Autonomous County, in Lincang City 临沧市, Yunnan |
| 沧 |
cāng |
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold |
| 沧源 |
Cāng yuán |
see 沧源佤族自治县 |
| 源 |
yuán |
root / source / origin |
| 佤 |
Wǎ |
Wa ethnic group |
| 佤族 |
Wǎ zú |
Wa 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 / (Japan) prefecture |