巴音郭楞州 bā yīn guō léng zhōu

DEFINITIONS

  1. abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
  2. abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]

CHARACTERS

巴 bā greatly desire, anxiously hope
音 yīn sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
郭 guō outer part (of a city); surname
楞 léng used for Ceylon in Buddhist texts
州 zhōu administrative division, state