| 秀山土家族苗族自治县 |
Xiù shān Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆 |
| 秀 |
xiù |
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show (as in 时装秀) / (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀厨艺) / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears |
| 秀山 |
Xiù shān |
Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆 |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 土 |
Tǔ |
surname Tu / Tu ethnic group |
| 土 |
tǔ |
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 土家 |
Tǔ jiā |
Tujia ethnic group |
| 土家族 |
Tǔ jiā zú |
Tujia ethnic group |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
| 家族 |
jiā zú |
family / clan |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 苗 |
Miáo |
surname Miao / Miao ethnic group |
| 苗 |
miáo |
young plant; seedling / (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 鱼苗) / (bound form) offspring; descendant / (bound form) sign or indication of sth (e.g. 苗头, 矿苗) / (bound form) vaccine |
| 苗族 |
Miáo zú |
Miao 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 |