新疆维吾尔自治区

Traditional form:

新疆維吾爾自治區

Pinyin (reading):

Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū

Definitions:

• Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, abbr. 新 ( Xīn), capital Urumqi or Ürümqi 烏魯木齊／乌鲁木齐 ( Wūlǔmùqí)

Characters:

• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
• 疆 - boundary, border, frontier
• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 区 - area, district, region, ward; surname

Traditional characters:

• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
• 疆 - boundary, border, frontier
• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 區 - area, district, region, ward; surname