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州

zhōu

HSK 6 Character

What 州 means

1. prefecture
2. oldprovince
3. oldadministrative division
4. state (e.g. of US)
5. oblast (Russia)
6. canton (Switzerland)

Example sentences

• 我住在广州。
  Wǒ zhù zài Guǎngzhōu.
  I live in Canton.
• 他从杭州来。
  Tā cóng Hángzhōu lái.
  He comes from Hangzhou.
• 他来自杭州。
  He's from Hangzhou.
• 我是潮州人。
  I am Teochew.
• 你去过九州吗？
  Nǐ qù guo Jiǔzhōu ma?
  Have you ever been to Kyushu?
• 奈德来自犹他州。
  Nài dé láizì Yóutāzhōu.
  Ned comes from the state of Utah.

Words starting with 州

• 州长zhōu zhǎnggovernor (of a province or colony); (US) state governor; (Australian) state premier
• 州伯zhōu bógovernor (of a province); provincial chief (old)
• 州界zhōu jièstate border; state line
• 州立zhōu lìstate-run
• 州立大学Zhōu lì Dà xuéState University (US)

Words containing 州

• 广州市Guǎng zhōu ShìGuangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 广东省
• 加州Jiā zhōuCalifornia
• 神州Shén zhōuold name for China
• 郑州市Zhèng zhōu ShìZhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省
• 九州Jiǔ zhōudivision of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China…
• 杭州市Háng zhōu ShìHangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province 浙江省
• 自治州zì zhì zhōuautonomous prefecture
• 贵州省Guì zhōu ShěngGuizhou Province, capital Guiyang 贵阳市
• 福州市Fú zhōu ShìFuzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian Province 福建省
• 苏州市Sū zhōu ShìSuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 通州区Tōng zhōu QūTongzhou, a district of Beijing; Tongzhou, a district of Nantong City 南通市
• 苏州河Sū zhōu HéSuzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)
• 纽约州Niǔ yuē zhōuNew York state
• 温州市Wēn zhōu ShìWenzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
• 兰州市Lán zhōu ShìLanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province 甘肃省
• 佛罗里达州Fó luó lǐ dá ZhōuFlorida
• 广州日报Guǎng zhōu Rì bàoGuangzhou Daily
• 幽州Yōu zhōuYouzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning…
• 徐州市Xú zhōu ShìXuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 常州市Cháng zhōu ShìChangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 加利福尼亚州Jiā lì fú ní yà ZhōuCalifornia
• 兰州大学Lán zhōu Dà xuéLanzhou University
• 本州Běn zhōuHonshū, the main island of Japan
• 泉州市Quán zhōu ShìQuanzhou, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省

Characters that look like 州

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 西xīwest
• 列lièto arrange; to line up; file
• 附fùto add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence

Sounds the same

Read zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 周to make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 洲continent; island in a river
• 粥congee; gruel; porridge
• 舟boat
• 诌to make up (a story); Taiwan pr. zōu
• 赒to give to the needy; to bestow alms; charity
• 婤(feminine name)
• 喌syllable
• 诪(literary) to curse; to deceive; to lie
• 辀(literary) shaft (of a cart); cart
• 騆divine horse
• 鸼used in 鹘鸼