洲
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zhōu · continent

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9Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 洲

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zhōuWords pronounced zhōu
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Example sentences

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Yǒu yì tiān wǒ yào qù fēi zhōu.有一天我要去非洲。

I want to go to Africa someday.

Source: Tatoeba #881897 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà lí ōu zhōu yǒu diǎn yuǎn, nǐ bù juéde ma?那离欧洲有点远,你不觉得吗?

That's kind of far from Europe, don't you think?

Source: Tatoeba #7795217 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā xiǎng yào qù fēi zhōu.他想要去非洲。

He wants to go to Africa.

Source: Tatoeba #848344 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fēi zhōu shì yí kuài fēi cháng dà de dà lù.非洲是一块非常大的大陆。

Africa is a very large continent.

Source: Tatoeba #2882569 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wèi le kàn yě shēng dòng wù, tā qù le fēi zhōu.为了看野生动物,他去了非洲。

He went to Africa to see wild animals.

Source: Tatoeba #437940 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ men qù guò fēi zhōu ma?你们去过非洲吗?

Have you ever been to Africa?

Source: Tatoeba #646553 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 洲 in context

  1. Say zhōu, then recall the core meaning: continent.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 亚洲 (Yà zhōu), meaning “Asia”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 洲 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.