自治区

自治區

zìzhìqū

noun #38,748

Measure Word

一个自治区 gè

Meanings

1 autonomous region
2 ethnic autonomous region (province-level)

Characters

district; region

Examples

西藏自治区成立于一九六五年。

Xīzàng zìzhìqū chénglì yú yī jiǔ liù wǔ nián.

The Tibet Autonomous Region was established in 1965.

中国有五个自治区。

Zhōngguó yǒu wǔ gè zìzhìqū.

China has five autonomous regions.

Tips

culture

A 自治区 is a provincial-level administrative division with nominal self-governance for a designated ethnic minority. China has five: Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Xinjiang Uyghur (新疆维吾尔), Guangxi Zhuang (广西壮族), Ningxia Hui (宁夏回族), and Tibet (西藏). Below the provincial level there are also prefecture- and county-level 自治州 and 自治县.

Stroke Order

自 zì

治 zhì

区 qū