州
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
zhōu zhou1
- prefecture
- (old) province
- (old) administrative division
- state (e.g. of US)
- oblast (Russia)
- canton (Switzerland)
Example sentences
- America is made up of 50 states.
Words with 州
- 州长 zhōuzhǎng governor (of a province or colony)
- 知州 zhīzhōu senior provincial government official in dynastic China
- 州立 zhōulì state-run
- 州界 zhōujiè state border; state line
- 州伯 zhōubó governor (of a province)
- 自治州 zìzhìzhōu autonomous prefecture
- 联邦州 liánbāngzhōu federal state
- 副州长 fùzhōuzhǎng deputy governor (of a province or colony)
- 摇摆州 yáobǎizhōu swing state (US politics)
- 沿海州 yánhǎizhōu coastal region
- 跨鹤扬州 kuàhèYángzhōu lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou
- 海州 Hǎizhōu Haizhou district of Lianyungang city 连云港市 (Lián yún gǎng shì), Jiangsu