甘孜藏族自治州
Traditional form:
甘孜藏族自治州
Pinyin (reading):
Gānzī Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu
Definitions:
- Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan
Characters:
- 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing
- 孜 - diligent, hard-working
- 藏 - to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
- 州 - state, province, prefecture
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