| 麻阳苗族自治县 |
Má yáng Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn |
Mayang Miao autonomous county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan |
| 麻 |
má |
hemp (variant of 麻) |
| 麻 |
Má |
surname Ma |
| 麻 |
má |
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb |
| 麻阳 |
Má yáng |
Mayang Miao autonomous county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan |
| 阳 |
yáng |
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 阴 |
| 苗 |
Miáo |
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao |
| 苗 |
miáo |
sprout |
| 苗族 |
Miáo zú |
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China |
| 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 |