大通回族土族自治县

Traditional form:

大通回族土族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧／西宁 ( Xīníng), Qinghai

Characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision