| 西盟佤族自治县 |
Xī méng Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Ximeng Va Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市, Yunnan |
| 西 |
Xī |
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish |
| 西 |
xī |
west |
| 西盟 |
Xī méng |
see 西盟佤族自治县 |
| 盟 |
méng |
oath / pledge / union / to ally / league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia |
| 佤 |
wǎ |
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia |
| 佤族 |
Wǎ zú |
Wa 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 |