元江哈尼族彝族傣族自治县

Traditional form:

元江哈尼族彞族傣族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Yuánjiāng Hānízú Yízú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪 ( Yùxī), Yunnan

Characters:

• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 彝 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 傣 - the Dai minority living in South China
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 彞 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 傣 - the Dai minority living in South China
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision