宁夏回族自治区

Traditional form:

寧夏回族自治區

Pinyin (reading):

Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū

Definitions:

• Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧／宁 ( Níng), capital Yinchuan 銀川／银川 ( Yínchuān)

Characters:

• 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 区 - area, district, region, ward; surname

Traditional characters:

• 寧 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 區 - area, district, region, ward; surname