DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

三都水族自治縣

简三都水族自治县 · 繁三都水族自治縣

Mandarin · pinyin Sān dū Shuǐ zú Zì zhì xiàn

Sandu Shui Autonomous County, in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州 Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu, Guizhou

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

三: sān · three
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
族: zú · a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
自: zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
治: zhì · govern, regulate, administer
縣: Look up this written character
县: xiàn · county, district, subdivision

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–1–3–2–4–4–4 · San1 du1 Shui3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

8character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

三都水族自治縣 · find source passages ↗ · 三都水族自治县 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗