Sān dū Shuǐ zú Zì zhì xiàndictionary entry
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Sandu Shui Autonomous County, in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu], Guizhou
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Original source entry:

三都水族自治縣 三都水族自治县 [San1 du1 Shui3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] /Sandu Shui Autonomous County, in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou/

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Other forms in these source records: 三都水族自治縣

  • 三
    sān

    three / 3

    Sān

    surname San

  • 都
    dōu

    all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

    dū

    capital city / metropolis

    Dū

    surname Du

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

  • 族
    zú

    race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 治
    zhì

    to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

  • 县
    xiàn

    county / (Japan) prefecture

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