州
freq #1970
Meanings
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- 1.prefecture
- 2.(old) province
- 3.(old) administrative division
- 4.state (e.g. of US)
- 5.oblast (Russia)
- 6.canton (Switzerland)
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Wiktionary
- 1.zhou (a type of historical political divisions of China, usually translated as prefecture or province)
- 2.state; canton; oblast (of some countries)
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – islet in a river.
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Stroke order
Components
州㇓㇔
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
美国有50个州。
There are fifty states in the United States.
每個人都希望他當選州長。
Everybody wished he had been elected governor.
他在科羅拉多州有一個大農場。
He has a large farm in Colorado.
死刑在美国的很多州都被废除了。
The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.
加利福尼亞州和內華達州相互接界。
California and Nevada border on each other.
一場毀滅性的地震襲擊了這個州的首府。
A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
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Derived terms
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Related words
温州 see 温州市[Wēn zhōu Shì]化州 see 化州市[Huà zhōu Shì]泸州 see 泸州市[Lú zhōu Shì]济州 Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site漳州 see 漳州市[Zhāng zhōu Shì]夔州 Kuizhou, ancient area of modern Fengjie County 奉节县[Fèng jié Xiàn], Chongqing兖州 see 兖州区[Yǎn zhōu Qū]林州 see 林州市[Lín zhōu Shì]播州 see 播州区[Bō zhōu Qū]瓜州 see 瓜州县[Guā zhōu Xiàn]宣州 see 宣州区[Xuān zhōu Qū]潮州 see 潮州市[Cháo zhōu Shì]