奴儿干都司

Traditional form:

奴兒干都司

Pinyin (reading):

Nú'érgāndūsī

Definitions:

• the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area

Characters:

• 奴 - slave, servant
• 儿 - son, child
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 都 - all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital
• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer

Traditional characters:

• 奴 - slave, servant
• 兒 - son, child
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 都 - all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital
• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer