孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县

Traditional form:

孟連傣族拉祜族佤族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Mènglián Dǎizúlāhùzú Wǎzú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱 ( Pǔ'ěr), Yunnan

Characters:

• 孟 - first in a series; great, eminent
• 连 - to join, to connect; continuous; even
• 傣 - the Dai minority living in South China
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 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
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 孟 - first in a series; great, eminent
• 連 - to join, to connect; continuous; even
• 傣 - the Dai minority living in South China
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 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
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision