| 甘 | gān | sweet; willing; surname Gan; abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肃省 |
| 孜 | zī | hard-working; industrious |
| 藏 | cáng | to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect |
| 藏 | zàng | storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Tibet; Xizang 西藏 |
| 族 | zú | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 自 | zì | from; self; oneself; since |
| 治 | zhì | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal |
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture; state (e.g. of US); province (old); administrative division (old) |
| 甘孜藏族自治州 | Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu | Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan |
| 甘孜藏族自治州 | Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu | Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan |
