凉山彝族自治州

Traditional form:

涼山彝族自治州

Pinyin (reading):

Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu

Definitions:

• Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省 ( Sìchuān Shěng)

Characters:

• 凉 - cool, cold; disheartened
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 彝 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 州 - state, province, prefecture

Traditional characters:

• 涼 - cool, cold; disheartened
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 彝 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 州 - state, province, prefecture