洲 (zhōu) means Continent (island). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
亚 洲 有很多国家。
Yàzhōu yǒu hěn duō guójiā.
There are many countries in Asia.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 亚洲
中国在亚 洲 的东部。
Zhōngguó zài Yàzhōu de dōngbù.
China is in the east of Asia.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 亚洲
这个国家位于欧 洲 。
Zhège guójiā wèiyú Ōuzhōu.
This country is located in Europe.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 位于
欧 洲 有很多古老的城市。
Ōuzhōu yǒu hěn duō gǔlǎo de chéngshì.
Europe has many ancient cities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 欧洲
这些产品主要出口到欧 洲 。
Zhèxiē chǎnpǐn zhǔyào chūkǒu dào Ōuzhōu.
These products are mainly exported to Europe.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出口
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From the travel phrasebook
我负责亚 洲 市场。
Wǒ fùzé Yàzhōu shìchǎng.
I'm responsible for the Asian market.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
Words that contain 洲
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 洲
How is 洲 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 洲 (zhōu, "Continent (island)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 洲 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 洲 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 洲?
The dictionary page for 洲 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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