洲 zhōu continent
怎么记住“洲”: 氵 water + 州 state = continent. After hours over the water, the girl finally sees the first state of Australia, a whole new continent below her.
部件结构
洲 = 氵 water + 州 state
- 氵 water
- 州 state
After hours over the water, the girl finally sees the first state of Australia, a whole new continent below her.
用法
- 'Continent' - the fixed morpheme in continent names: 亚洲 (Yàzhōu) Asia, 欧洲 (Ōuzhōu) Europe, 非洲 (Fēizhōu) Africa.
- Don't confuse with its homophone 州 (zhōu, a state/prefecture, as in 加州 California); 洲 has the water radical and means continent or an islet.
- 绿洲 (lǜzhōu) = oasis, literally a 'green islet' in the desert.
含“洲”的词语
例句
- 亚洲一共有几个国家？ Yàzhōu yīgòng yǒu jǐ gè guójiā?How many countries are there in Asia altogether?