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苏州
sūzhōu
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English DefinitionSuzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
Simplified Script苏州
Traditional Script蘇州
Pinyinsūzhōu
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄙㄨ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping)sou1zau1
Part of Speech(专有名) proper noun
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Part of geography/China/cities
Word Decomposition
苏sūPerilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration; (Chinese surname); abbr. for Soviet Union 苏维埃 or 苏联; abbr. for Jiangsu province 江苏; abbr. for Suzhou city 苏州
州zhōuprefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)

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苏联sūliánSoviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟
苏丹sūdānSudan; sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)
苏格兰sū gé lánScotland
苏维埃sū wéi āiSoviet (council)
苏打sūdásoda (loanword)
Words With Same Tail Word    
广州guǎngzhōuGuangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong; Canton
杭州hángzhōuHangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
贵州guìzhōuGuizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔 or 贵, capital Guiyang 贵阳
温州wēnzhōuWenzhou prefecture level city in Zhejiang
郑州zhèngzhōuZhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
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