寻甸回族彝族自治县

Traditional form:

尋甸回族彞族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Xúndiàn Huízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Xundian Hui and Yi autonomous county in Kunming 昆明 ( Kūnmíng), Yunnan

Characters:

• 寻 - to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient
• 甸 - suburbs of the capital; to govern; crops
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 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:

• 尋 - to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient
• 甸 - suburbs of the capital; to govern; crops
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 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