双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县

Traditional form:

雙江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Shuāngjiāng Lāhùzú Wǎzú Bùlǎngzú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County in Lincang 臨滄／临沧 ( Lincáng), Yunnan

Characters:

• 双 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 祜 - blessings, happiness, prosperity
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 佤 - The Va people (an ethnic group in Myanmar and southwest China)
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 朗 - bright, clear, distinct
• 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:

• 雙 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 祜 - blessings, happiness, prosperity
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 佤 - The Va people (an ethnic group in Myanmar and southwest China)
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 朗 - bright, clear, distinct
• 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