澜沧拉祜族自治县

Traditional form:

瀾滄拉祜族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Láncāng Lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Lancang Lahuzu Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱 ( Pǔ'ěr), Yunnan

Characters:

• 澜 - overflowing; ripples, waves
• 沧 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 祜 - blessings, happiness, prosperity
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 瀾 - overflowing; ripples, waves
• 滄 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 祜 - blessings, happiness, prosperity
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision