西拉雅族

Traditional form:

西拉雅族

Pinyin (reading):

Xīlāyǎzú

Definitions:

• Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Characters:

• 西 - west, western, westward
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 雅 - elegant, graceful, refined
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan

Traditional characters:

• 西 - west, western, westward
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 雅 - elegant, graceful, refined
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan