Chinese Word: 州 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

州HSK 6

Pinyin: zhōu

English 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:

Similar Characters: 川

Step by Step Stroke Sequence: Download Customize Pin it
Stroke order image for Chinese character 州

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
郑州	zhèng zhōu	Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
福州	fú zhōu	Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China; formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow

1		měi guó 美国 yǒu 有 duō shǎo 多少 zhōu 州？ How many States are there in the United States of America?
2		qù nián 去年 de 的 guó qìng jié 国庆节 cháng jià 长假 wǒ 我 qù 去 le 了 guǎng zhōu 广州。 Last year's National Day holiday I went to Guangzhou.
3		zài 在 guì zhōu shěng 贵州省， yǒu 有 xǔ duō 许多 mài rù 迈入 bǎi suì 百岁 de 的 lǎo rén 老人 shēng huó 生活 zài 在 nà li 那里。 In Guizhou Province, many elderly people live there who have already reached the age of one hundred.