新疆維吾爾自治區
简 新疆维吾尔自治区 · 繁 新疆維吾爾自治區Meanings
- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市 Wū lǔ mù qí Shì (short name 新 Xīn)
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- 新
- xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
- 疆
- jiāng · boundary, border, frontier
- 維
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- 吾
- wú · i, my, our; resist, impede
- 爾
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- 自
- zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- 治
- zhì · govern, regulate, administer
- 區
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- 维
- wéi · maintain, preserve, safeguard
- 尔
- ěr · you; that, those; final particle
- 区
- qū · area, district, region, ward
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Mandarin tones
1–1–2–2–3–4–4–1 · Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
san1 goeng1 wai4 ng4 ji5 zi6 zi6 keoi1
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name
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China; capital: Ürümqi)
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