| 镇宁布依族苗族自治县 |
Zhèn níng Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安顺市, Guizhou |
| 镇 |
zhèn |
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) |
| 镇宁 |
Zhèn níng |
see 镇宁布依族苗族自治县 |
| 宁 |
nìng |
old variant of 宁 |
| 宁 |
Níng |
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 / abbr. for Nanjing 南京 / surname Ning |
| 宁 |
níng |
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc) |
| 宁 |
nìng |
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2] |
| 宁 |
níng |
variant of 宁 |
| 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) |
| 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 |