维吾尔族

Traditional form:

維吾爾族

Pinyin (reading):

Wéiwú'ěrzú

Definitions:

• Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang

Characters:

• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan

Traditional characters:

• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan