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Pinyin: zhōuEnglish Definition: prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)Chinese Definition: ①古代的一种行政区划，所辖地区的大小历代不同(后多用于地名)：州县。杭州。
②中国一种民族自治行政区划：海南省黎族苗族自治州。Total strokes: 6;
Radical: 巛 Ideographic: Islands within a river
川 Character Formation:
Example Words:
广州 [
guǎng zhōu ]: Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong; Canton
杭州 [
háng zhōu ]: Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
贵州 [
guì zhōu ]: Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to
黔 苏州 [
sū zhōu ]: Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
福州 [
fú zhōu ]: Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China; formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Example Sentences- 他们不知道自己人在哪里，也不知道自己在[美国]的哪一州。
They have no idea where they are, no idea what [US] state they are in.
- 我们学习了解我们生活在一个州和一个城市中。
We learn that we live in a state and a city.
- 我认为这不仅是可能的，而且事实上，无论是这些州脱离合众国是否存在法律问题，要接上这种正常关系都是很容易的了。
I believe it is not only possible, but in fact easier to do this without deciding the legal question of whether these states have ever been out of the Union.
- 它说几乎所有的州都有一些公立学校是全年开学的。
It says almost all of the states have some public schools that are open all year.
- 这个边境州的人们曾经因不相信别人告诉他们的任何事情而著名。
The people of that frontier state were once famous for not believing everything people told them.
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