镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县

Traditional form:

鎮沅彞族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣

Pinyin (reading):

Zhènyuán Yízú Hānízú Lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn

Definitions:

• Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱 ( Pǔ'ěr), Yunnan

Characters:

• 镇 - calm, composed; to control, to suppress
• 沅 - a river in western Hunan
• 彝 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 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:

• 鎮 - calm, composed; to control, to suppress
• 沅 - a river in western Hunan
• 彞 - the Yi tribe; tripod; rule, nature
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 哈 - the sound of laughter
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 族 - race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan
• 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