| 芷江侗族自治县 |
Zhǐ jiāng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan |
| 芷 |
zhǐ |
angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM |
| 芷江 |
Zhǐ jiāng |
Zhijiang Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan |
| 江 |
Jiāng |
surname Jiang |
| 江 |
jiāng |
river / CL:条,道 |
| 侗 |
Dòng |
Dong ethnic group (aka Kam people) |
| 侗 |
tóng |
ignorant |
| 侗族 |
Dòng zú |
Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam |
| 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 |