洲 (zau1) — continent; islet; sandbar; shoal; sandbank in Cantonese
zauˉ¹洲Mandarin Pinyin: zhou1
Meaning of 洲
nouncontinent; islet; sandbar; shoal; sandbank
Example Sentences with 洲
peiˎ₄比leiˉ¹利siˉ¹時haiˍ₆係auˉ¹歐zau1.洲。
Belgium is in Europe.
feiˉ¹非zauˉ¹洲jauˏ₅有gok˗₃角maaˏ₅馬。
There are wildebeest in Africa.
heoi˗₃去meiˏ₅美zauˉ¹洲waanˊ²玩
Go travel to the Americas.
keoiˏ₅佢heoi˗₃去zoˊ²咗meiˏ₅美zauˉ¹洲
He/She went to the Americas.
ngoˏ₅我zyuˍ₆住meiˏ₅美zauˉ¹洲
I live in the Americas.
Words Containing 洲
美洲蜥蜴mei5 zau1 sik1 jik6
Teiidae species (tegus; tegu lizards)
沙洲saa1 zau1
a shoal; a sandbank; (placename) Sar Chau
長洲coeng4 zau1
Cheung Chau is a small populated island to the south of Hong Kong Island and part of the Islands District, HKSAR
綠洲luk6 zau1
an oasis
汀洲ding1 zau1
a sand-bank
三角洲saam1 gok3 zau1
(river) delta - where a river system meets another body of water esp. the sea. The silting deposits are fertile soil which attracts humans to these areas to take up agriculture. Many river deltas are the economic foci of their respective regions.
澳洲龍蝦ou3 zau1 lung4 haa1
Australia Lobster
歐洲au1 zau1
Europe
亞洲基礎設施投資銀行aa3 zau1 gei1 co2 cit3 si1 tau4 zi1 ngan4 hong4
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
歐洲聯盟au1 zau1 lyun4 mang4
European Union
南美洲naam4 mei5 zau1
South America
南極洲naam4 gik6 zau1
Antarctica
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