| 甘孜藏族自治州 |
Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu |
Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan |
| 甘 |
Gān |
surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肃省 |
| 甘 |
gān |
sweet / willing |
| 甘孜 |
Gān zī |
Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan |
| 孜 |
zī |
used in 孜孜 |
| 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) |