| 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 |
Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省 |
| 阿 |
Ā |
abbr. for country names that begin with 阿: Algeria 阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 etc |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4] |
| 阿 |
ē |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 阿坝 |
Ā bà |
see 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 / see 阿坝县 |
| 坝 |
bà |
(used in place names) plain; flatland / (dialect) sandbar; shoal |
| 坝 |
bà |
dam / dike; embankment / CL:条 |
| 藏 |
Zàng |
Tibet / abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏 |
| 藏 |
cáng |
to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect |
| 藏 |
zàng |
storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture |
| 藏族 |
Zàng zú |
Tibetan ethnic group |
| 族 |
zú |
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 羌 |
Qiāng |
Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan / surname Qiang |
| 羌 |
qiāng |
muntjac / grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical) |
| 羌 |
qiāng |
variant of 羌 |
| 羌族 |
Qiāng zú |
Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan |
| 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 |
| 自治州 |
zì zhì zhōu |
autonomous prefecture |
| 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 |
| 州 |
zhōu |
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |