阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu

Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam mǎ ěr kāng zhèn

Characters

Character Meaning
prefix before names; sound in loanwords
dam; dike; embankment
to hide away; to conceal; to store
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers shàng bān zú)
Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan; surname Qiang
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers shàng bān zú)
self; oneself; from
to govern; to manage; to control
state (e.g. of US); prefecture