州 – vocab dash

州zhōu

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Meanings

1. prefecture

2. (old) province

3. (old) administrative division

4. state (e.g. of US)

5. oblast (Russia)

6. canton (Switzerland)

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Examples8

美国Měiguó有yǒu50个gè州zhōu。

There are fifty states in the United States.

死刑sǐxíng在zài美国Měiguó的de很hěn多duō州zhōu都dōu被bèi废除fèichú了le。

The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.

阿拉斯加Ālāsījiā是shì美国Měiguó的de一个yīge州zhōu。

Alaska is a U.S. state.

加拿大Jiānádà毗邻pílín阿拉斯加Ālāsījiā州zhōu。

Canada borders Alaska.

得克萨斯Dékèsàsī州zhōu约yuē是shì日本Rìběn的de两倍liǎngbèi大dà。

Texas is nearly twice as large as Japan.

我wǒ想要xiǎngyào一yī张zhāng1比bǐ250000的de得克萨斯Dékèsàsī州zhōu的de地图dìtú。

I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.