阿壩州 ā bà zhōu

DEFINITIONS

  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 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]

CHARACTERS

阿 ā
HSK 3
prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
壩 bà embankment; dam
州 zhōu
HSK 6
administrative division, state