| 河口瑶族自治县 |
Hé kǒu Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Hekou Yaozu Autonomous County in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州, Yunnan |
| 河 |
hé |
river (CL:条,道) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 |
| 河口 |
hé kǒu |
estuary / the mouth of a river |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 瑶 |
Yáo |
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia / surname Yao |
| 瑶 |
yáo |
jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific |
| 瑶族 |
Yáo zú |
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia |
| 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 |