| 海南藏族自治州 |
Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu |
Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul), Qinghai |
| 海 |
Hǎi |
surname Hai |
| 海 |
hǎi |
ocean / sea / CL:个,片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous |
| 海南 |
Hǎi nán |
Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 琼, capital Haikou 海口 / Hainan Island / Hainan District of Wuhai City 乌海市, Inner Mongolia / Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州, Qinghai |
| 南 |
Nán |
surname Nan |
| 南 |
nán |
south |
| 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) |
| 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) |