州 (zau1 | zhou1) : administrative district in ancient China

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州

zau1

zhou1

[1] [n] administrative district in ancient China [2] [n] region with 2,500 families [3] [n] county [4] [n] place surrounded by water; islet; sand bar [5] [n] state (in the U.S.A.) [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 川 (#47)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

州 / 州

Don't confuse with:
洲卅

This word has been viewed 12620 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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密州 mat6 zau1 mi4 zhou1 = Mississippi - US State; short for 密西西比州

密西西比州 mat6 sai1 sai1 bei2 zau1 mi4 xi1 xi1 bi3 zhou1 = Mississippi - US State; also 密州 for short

廣州 gwong2 zau1 guang3 zhou1 = Guangzhou; Canton

廣州話 gwong2 zau1 waa6*2 guang3 zhou1 hua4 = Cantonese language

州長 zau1 zoeng2 zhou1 chang2 = governor (of a US state)

蘇州 sou1 zau1 su1 zhou1 = Suzhou

加州 gaa1 zau1 jia1 zhou1 = California

路州 lou6 zau1 lu4 zhou1 = state of Louisiana

廣州市 gwong2 zau1 si5 guang3 zhou1 shi4 = Guangzhou

潮州粉果 ciu4 zau1 fan2 gwo2 = Chiu-Chow style dumplings
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王先生要經廣州前往桂林。
Mr Wong wants to go to Guilin via Guangzhou.

新澤西州到處都係不毛之地粵
New Jersey is just barren wasteland.
[Lit. New Jersey everywhere also is barren wasteland. Originally the sentence was 死神界到處都是不毛之地, but I gave it a little twist!]

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Decimal representation of this word: 州
Unicode code for this character: U+5DDE (off-site link)

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