| 长阳土家族自治县 |
Cháng yáng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市, Hubei |
| 长 |
cháng |
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 长阳 |
Cháng yáng |
see 长阳土家族自治县 |
| 阳 |
yáng |
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 阴 |
| 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) |
| 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 |