巴里坤哈萨克自治县

Traditional form:

巴里坤哈薩克自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Bālǐkūn Hāsàkè Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市 ( Hāmì Shì), Xinjiang

Characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 坤 - earth; feminine
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 萨 - Buddhist diety; used in transliterations
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 坤 - earth; feminine
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 薩 - Buddhist diety; used in transliterations
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision