州
zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

州
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zhōu
  1. prefecture
  2. (old) province
  3. (old) administrative division
  4. state (e.g. of US)
  5. oblast (Russia)
  6. canton (Switzerland)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

洲
zhōu
  1. 1 continent
  2. 2 island in a river
州
zhōu
  1. 1 prefecture
  2. 2 (old) province
  3. 3 (old) administrative division
  4. 4 state (e.g. of US)
  5. 5 oblast (Russia)
  6. 6 canton (Switzerland)
酬
chóu
  1. 1 old variant of 酬[chóu]
酬
chóu
  1. 1 variant: 酬 chóu
酬
chóu
  1. 1 to entertain
  2. 2 to repay
  3. 3 to return
  4. 4 to reward
  5. 5 to compensate
  6. 6 to reply
  7. 7 to answer

Related Words (20)

广州
Guǎng zhōu
  1. 1 Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
  2. 2 Canton
广州市
Guǎng zhōu shì
  1. 1 Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
  2. 2 Canton
德州
Dé zhōu
  1. 1 Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong
  2. 2 abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州, Texas
杭州
Háng zhōu
  1. 1 Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
温州
Wēn zhōu
  1. 1 Wenzhou prefecture level city in Zhejiang

Idioms (1)

骑鹤上扬州
qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

Sample Sentences

新华社杭州九月四日电（记者朱涵）
Xīnhuáshè Hángzhōu Jiǔyuè sìrì diàn （jìzhě zhūhán ）
Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, September 4th, by reporter Zhu Han
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近日，杭州一家民营养老院“迎来”一批年轻人的新闻引发热议。
jìnrì ，Hángzhōu yī jiā mínyíng yǎnglǎoyuàn “yínglái ”yī pī niánqīngrén de xīnwén yǐnfā rèyì 。
Recently, the news of a group of young people in a nursing home in Hangzhou has become a hot topic.
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如何满足老年人的护理需求和精神需求，杭州这家养老院通过整合现有资源，优化配置，补齐短板，实现互利共赢，为养老事业的发展进行了有益的探索，值得点赞。
rúhé mǎnzú lǎoniánrén de hùlǐ xūqiú hé jīngshén xūqiú ，Hángzhōu zhè jiā yǎnglǎoyuàn tōngguò zhěnghé xiànyǒu Zīyuán ，yōuhuà pèizhì ，bǔqí duǎnbǎn ，shíxiàn hùlì gòngyíng ，wèi yǎnglǎo shìyè de fāzhǎn jìnxíng le yǒuyì de tànsuǒ ，zhíde diǎnzàn 。
The nursing home in Hangzhou had achieved mutual benefit and win-win for the old folks and themselves by addressing integration and optimisation of existing resources. They had explored meaningful solutions to improve the old age services industry not just in nursing care but spiritual needs of the elderly. Their work is worthy of praise.
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外送的经济模式在中国各大城市无所不在，像是杭州、苏州、上海、北京，非常多人使用外送的平台。
wàisòng de jīngjì móshì zài Zhōngguó gè dàchéngshì wúsuǒbùzài ，xiàngshì Hángzhōu 、Sūzhōu 、Shànghǎi 、Běijīng ，fēicháng duō rén shǐyòng wàisòng de píngtái 。
You can see economic models of delivery service everywhere in big cities in China, such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing. There are many people using delivery service platforms.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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当地时间八月二十四日，巴西朗多尼亚州，巴西境内的亚马孙雨林大火火情十分严峻，浓烟滚滚，满目疮痍。
dāngdì shíjiān bā yuè èrshí sì rì ，Bāxī Lǎngduōníyǎ zhōu ，Bāxī jìngnèi de Yàmǎsūn yǔlín dàhuǒ huǒ qíng shífēn yánjùn ，nóngyān gǔngǔn ，Mǎnmùchuāngyí 。
On August 24, local time, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, severe fire in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil brought heavy smoke and widespread devastation .
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4月25日下午，“世界的香格里拉”全国抖音挑战赛在云南省迪庆州正式启动。
yuè rì xiàwǔ ，“shìjiè de Xiānggélǐlā ”quánguó dǒuyīn tiǎozhàn sài zài YúnnánShěng díqìng zhōu zhèngshì qǐdòng 。
On the afternoon of April 25th, the "World's Shangri-La" National Tik Tok Challenge was officially launched in Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
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好的，我今年二十岁。我刚从佛罗里达州立大学毕业.我除了主修教育以外，还副修心里学。
hǎo de ，wǒ jīnnián èrshí suì 。wǒ gāng cóng Fúluólǐdá ZhōulìDàxué bìyè .wǒ chúle zhǔxiū jiàoyù yǐwài ，hái fùxiū xīnli xué 。
Ok, I am twenty years old this year. I just graduated from Florida State University. In addition to majoring in education, I also minored in psychology.
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听起来很棒!中国发展好快,我以前只听过北京、上海、广州跟深圳这些一线城市。
tīng qilai hěn bàng !Zhōngguó fāzhǎn hǎo kuài ,wǒ yǐqián zhǐ tīng guò Běijīng 、Shànghǎi 、Guǎngzhōu gēn Shēnzhèn zhèxiē yīxiànchéngshì 。
Sounds fantastic! China has developed very quickly. I used to only hear of the 1st tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
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北京和燕郊、上海和昆山，广州和佛山……
Běijīng hé yānjiāo 、Shànghǎi hé Kūnshān ，Guǎngzhōu hé Fóshān ……
Beijing and Yanjiao, Shanghai and Kunshan, Guangzhou and Foshan...
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