寧夏回族自治區
简 宁夏回族自治区 · 繁 寧夏回族自治區Meanings
- Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市 Yín chuān Shì (short name 寧 Níng)
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- 寧
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- 夏
- xià · summer; great, grand, big
- 回
- huí · return, turn around; a time
- 族
- zú · a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
- 自
- zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- 治
- zhì · govern, regulate, administer
- 區
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- 宁
- níng · calm, peaceful, serene; healthy
- 区
- qū · area, district, region, ward
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Mandarin tones
2–4–2–2–4–4–1 · Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ning4 haa6 wui4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 keoi1
Cantonese word readings for 寧夏回族自治區. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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name
- Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China; capital: Yinchuan)
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