西双版纳傣族自治州

Traditional form:

西雙版納傣族自治州

Pinyin (reading):

Xīshuāngbǎnnà Dǎizú Zìzhìzhōu

Definitions:

• Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan 雲南／云南 ( Yúnnán)

Characters:

• 西 - west, western, westward
• 双 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 版 - printing block, edition; register; volume, version
• 纳 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 傣 - the Dai minority living in South China
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 州 - state, province, prefecture

Traditional characters:

• 西 - west, western, westward
• 雙 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 版 - printing block, edition; register; volume, version
• 納 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 傣 - the Dai minority living in South China
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 州 - state, province, prefecture