| 甘南藏族自治州 |
Gān nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province 甘肃省 |
| 甘 |
Gān |
surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肃省 |
| 甘 |
gān |
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦: bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth) |
| 甘南 |
Gān nán |
see 甘南藏族自治州 / see 甘南县 |
| 南 |
Nán |
surname Nan |
| 南 |
nā |
used in 南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 |
nán |
south |
| 藏 |
Zàng |
Tibet / abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏 |
| 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) |