HSK 6 · Places

州 zhōu “state” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 州 means

  1. state
  2. province
  3. prefecture
  4. state (e.g. of US)
  5. oblast (Russia)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • canton (Switzerland)

How to say 州

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

州 in a sentence

  1. 美国由五十个州组成。

    Měiguó yóu wǔshí ge zhōu zǔchéng.

    The United States is made up of fifty states.

    Sentence #13202011 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 阿拉斯加是美国的一个州。

    Ālāsījiā shì Měiguó de yí ge zhōu.

    Alaska is a US state.

    Sentence #4819062 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他在科罗拉多州有一个大农场。

    Tā zài Kēluólāduō Zhōu yǒu yí ge dà nóngchǎng.

    He has a large farm in Colorado.

    Sentence #883488 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 州 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 州 (zhōu) drawn as one shape
州zhōuprefecture

州 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 州

州 6 strokes

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

Words related to 州

More words: Places & Geography

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FAQs

州 (zhōu) means “state” or “province”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōu: zhōu with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 州 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 州 from the suggestions. Typing zhou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
州 is an HSK 6 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.