Xiù shān Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàndictionary entry
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Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chóng qìng]
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Original source entry:

秀山土家族苗族自治縣 秀山土家族苗族自治县 [Xiu4 shan1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] /Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]/

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Other forms in these source records: 秀山土家族苗族自治縣

  • 秀
    xiù

    (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shí zhuāng xiù]) / (loanword) to show off / to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiù chú yì]) / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears

  • 山
    shān

    mountain / hill (CL:座[zuò]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

    Shān

    surname Shan

  • 土
    tǔ

    earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā yīn]

    Tǔ

    surname Tu / Tu ethnic group

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 族
    zú

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

  • 苗
    miáo

    young plant / seedling / (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 魚苗|鱼苗[yú miáo]) / (bound form) offspring / descendant / (bound form) sign or indication of sth (e.g. 苗頭|苗头[miáo tou], 礦苗|矿苗[kuàng miáo]) / (bound form) vaccine

    Miáo

    surname Miao / Miao 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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