HSK 5 · Places

欧洲 Ōuzhōu “Europe” in Chinese

Traditional 歐洲

What 欧洲 means

  1. Europe
  2. Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲)

How to say 欧洲

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale欧Ōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale洲zhōu1st tone, high and level

欧洲 in a sentence

  1. 我对欧洲历史很熟悉。

    Wǒ duì Ōuzhōu lìshǐ hěn shúxī.

    I know the history of Europe very well.

    Sentence #3076596 from Tatoeba

  2. 去哪里可以买到欧洲的地图？

    Qù nǎlǐ kěyǐ mǎidào Ōuzhōu de dìtú?

    Where can I buy a map of Europe?

    Sentence #3783091 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你什么时候去欧洲？

    Nǐ shénme shíhou qù Ōuzhōu?

    When are you going to Europe?

    Sentence #4444830 from Tatoeba

How 欧洲 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 欧 (ōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
欧ōuohmŌu in 欧洲
  • 区area · qū
  • 欠yawn · qiàn
The character 洲 (zhōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
洲zhōucontinent
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 州state · zhōu

How to write 欧洲

欧 8 strokes · 洲 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

欧洲 (Ōuzhōu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 欧洲 (Ōuzhōu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 欧洲

Words with 洲

亚洲Yàzhōu · Asia

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FAQs

欧洲 (Ōuzhōu) means “Europe” or “Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it Ōuzhōu: Ōu with a 1st tone, then zhōu with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 欧洲 is written 歐洲. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ouzhou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 欧洲 from the suggestions. Typing ouzhou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
欧洲 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.