Word

州

しゅう
CommonJLPT N3

Meanings

  1. Noun

    state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast

  2. Noun

    continent

  3. province (of Japan)

  4. Noun

    province (of ancient China); prefecture; department

  5. Suffix

    dear

In Spanish

  1. región; estado miembro (de un Estado federal); provincia; cantón; comunidad autónoma

Other forms
洲

Kanji in this word

Example sentences

  • アメリカには50の州しゅうがある。

    There are fifty states in America.

    Tatoeba #230238(opens in a new tab)
  • 南部なんぶの州しゅうへ冬期とうきに旅行りょこうすると、今いま旅行りょこうするよりも料金りょうきんが高たかくなります。

    Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.

    Tatoeba #123200(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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