湘西土家族苗族自治州

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in northwest Hunan, capital Jishou 吉首[Ji2 shou3]

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] / western Hunan

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

Tujia ethnic group of Hunan

family / clan

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

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao

sprout

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

autonomy

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

autonomous prefecture

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