临夏回族自治州

Traditional form:

臨夏回族自治州

Pinyin (reading):

Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu

Definitions:

• Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu

Characters:

• 临 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 州 - state, province, prefecture

Traditional characters:

• 臨 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 州 - state, province, prefecture