甘孜藏族自治州

Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan

Tibet / abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]

to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect

storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)

to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

sweet / willing

autonomy

hard-working / industrious

Tibetan ethnic group

autonomous prefecture

Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan