| 紫云苗族布依族自治县 |
Zǐ yún Miáo zú Bù yī zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Ziyun Miao and Buyei Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安顺市, Guizhou |
| 紫 |
zǐ |
purple / violet |
| 紫云 |
Zǐ yún |
see 紫云苗族布依族自治县 |
| 云 |
yún |
(classical) to say |
| 云 |
Yún |
surname Yun / short name for Yunnan 云南 |
| 云 |
yún |
cloud / CL:朵 |
| 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) |
| 布 |
bù |
variant of 布 / to announce / to spread |
| 布 |
bù |
cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known |
| 布依 |
Bù yī |
Bouyei ethnic group |
| 布依族 |
Bù yī zú |
Bouyei ethnic group |
| 依 |
yī |
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of |
| 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 |