00683 Chinese character of 州 and pronounce zau1

The Chinese character【州】that I will teach you today is a word that describes geography or politics. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Region or administrative area. Explanation: The unit of administrative division. For example: “Yangzhou”, “California”, “Florida”.

Below, you can see how this Chinese character is pronounced.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【州】:zhōu

Cantonese Jyutping of 【州】:zau1

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【州】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【州】, for example:Describing geography or politics , It means mainly a region or administrative area.Given the broad interpretative scope of Chinese characters, certain deeper meanings and unique applications may be beyond this explanation.

【州】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【美國州、澳洲州】(Mandarin Pinyin:měi guó zhōu 、ào zhōu zhōu/ Cantonese Jyutping:mei5 gwok3 zau1 、ou3 zau1 zau1)

This character has a total of 6 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,This sentence highlights one way to use this character.:


他目前居住在美國加利福尼亞州。

He currently lives in California, USA.


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