| 楚雄彝族自治州 |
Chǔ xióng Yí zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in central Yunnan, capital Chuxiong city 楚雄市 |
| 楚 |
Chǔ |
surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC) |
| 楚 |
chǔ |
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) |
| 楚雄 |
Chǔ xióng |
Chuxiong, county-level city, capital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州 in central Yunnan |
| 雄 |
xióng |
male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence |
| 彝 |
yí |
ancient wine vessel / ancient sacrificial vessel / Yi ethnic group / normal nature of man / laws and rules |
| 彝族 |
Yí zú |
Yi 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) |