巴里坤草原

Traditional form:

巴里坤草原

Pinyin (reading):

Bālǐkūncǎoyuán

Definitions:

• Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang

Characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 坤 - earth; feminine
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 原 - source, origin, beginning

Traditional characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 坤 - earth; feminine
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 原 - source, origin, beginning