宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县

Traditional form:

寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Níng'ěr Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, capital Pu'er city 普洱市 ( Pǔ'ěrshì)
• formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county

Characters:

• 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 洱 - a lake in Yunnan province
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 彝 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 寧 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 洱 - a lake in Yunnan province
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 彞 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision