州

zhōu

administrative division, state

How to write 州, stroke by stroke

prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)

Ideographic: Islands within a river 川

Made of 川

州立zhōu lìstate-run
州长zhōu zhǎnggovernor (of a province or colony); (US) state governor; (Australian) state premier
副州长fù zhōu zhǎngdeputy governor (of a province or colony); lieutenant governor of US state
加州jiā zhōuCalifornia
纽约州niǔ yuē zhōuNew York state
犹他州yóu tā zhōuUtah
俄亥俄州é hài é zhōuOhio
本州běn zhōuHonshū, the main island of Japan
九州jiǔ zhōudivision of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
俄勒冈州é lè gāng zhōuOregon
密苏里州mì sū lǐ zhōuMissouri
田纳西州tián nà xī zhōuTennessee

每个人都希望他当选州长。
měi gè rén dōu xī wàng tā dāng xuǎn zhōu zhǎng 。
Everybody wished he had been elected governor.
一场毁灭性的地震袭击了这个州的首府。
yì chǎng huǐ miè xìng de dì zhèn xí jī le zhè ge zhōu de shǒu fǔ 。
A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
加利福尼亚州和内华达州相互接界。
jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu hé nèi huá dá zhōu xiāng hù jiē jiè 。
California and Nevada border on each other.