黔西南布依族苗族自治州

qián xī nán bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu

Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]

qián

abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

西

the West

nán

south

cloth

to depend on

race

miáo

sprout

race

(bound form) self; oneself

zhì

to rule

zhōu

prefecture