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洲

zhōu

HSK 4 Character

What 洲 means

1. continent
2. island in a river

Example sentences

• 美洲很大。
  America is very large.
• 珍来自澳洲。
  Jane comes from Australia.
• 她生在美洲。
  She was born in America.
• 日本在亚洲。
  Japan is situated in Asia.
• 我来自非洲。
  I'm from Africa.
• 我是澳洲人。
  I'm Australian.

Words starting with 洲

• 洲府zhōu fǔstate government
• 洲际zhōu jìintercontinental
• 洲际导弹zhōu jì dǎo dànintercontinental ballistic missile ICBM
• 洲际弹道导弹zhōu jì dàn dào dǎo dànintercontinental ballistic missile ICBM

Words containing 洲

• 亚洲Yà zhōuAsia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲
• 欧洲Ōu zhōuEurope (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲
• 非洲Fēi zhōuAfrica; abbr. for 阿非利加洲
• 澳洲Ào zhōuAustralia
• 美洲Měi zhōuAmerica (including North, Central and South America); the Americas; abbr. for 亚美利加洲
• 欧洲人Ōu zhōu rénEuropean (person)
• 绿洲lǜ zhōuoasis
• 满洲Mǎn zhōuManchuria
• 南美洲Nán měi zhōuSouth America
• 珠江三角洲Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōuPearl River Delta (PRD)
• 拉丁美洲Lā dīng Měi zhōuLatin America
• 欧洲杯Ōu zhōu bēiEuropean Cup (e.g. soccer)
• 五洲wǔ zhōufive continents; the world
• 非洲人Fēi zhōu rénAfrican (person)
• 满洲国Mǎn zhōu guóManchukuo
• 自由亚洲电台Zì yóu Yà zhōu Diàn táiRadio Free Asia
• 北美洲Běi měi zhōuNorth America
• 三角洲sān jiǎo zhōudelta (geography)
• 大洲dà zhōucontinent
• 沙洲shā zhōusandbank; sandbar
• 中美洲Zhōng Měi zhōuCentral America
• 新洲区Xīn zhōu QūXinzhou, a district of Wuhan City 武汉市
• 长洲区Cháng zhōu QūChangzhou, a district of Wuzhou City 梧州市
• 非洲界Fēi zhōu jièAfrotropical realm

Characters that look like 洲

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

• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 浙Zhèshort name for Zhejiang 浙江
• 剁duòto chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)
• 涧jiànmountain stream
• 驸fùprince consort

Sounds the same

Read zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 周to make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 州prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division
• 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