湘西土家族苗族自治州 xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu

DEFINITIONS

  1. Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture in northwest Hunan, capital Jishou 吉首

CHARACTERS

湘 xiāng Hunan province
西 xī west(ern); westward, occident
土 tǔ soil, earth; items made of earth
家 jiā house, home, residence; family
族 zú a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
苗 miáo sprouts; Miao nationality
族 zú a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
自 zì self, private, personal; from
治 zhì govern, regulate, administer
州 zhōu administrative division, state