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州

zhōu

prefecture

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Meaning of 州 in English

zhōuHSK 6nounSyllabus #5336
  1. prefecture
  2. (old) province
  3. (old) administrative division
  4. state (e.g. of US)
  5. oblast (Russia)
  6. canton (Switzerland)

Example sentences

  1. 死刑在美国的很多州都被废除了。
    sǐ xíng zài měi guó de hěn duō zhōu dōu bèi fèi chú le。
    The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.
    Tatoeba #333229 by fucongcong · #67568 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences