沙州

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (沙州)		沙	州
simp. #(沙州)		沙	州

Etymology 1

A provincial name derived from its position within the Gobi Desert.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shāzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shāzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shajhou
    • Wade–Giles: Sha¹-chou¹
    • Yale: Shā-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shajou
    • Palladius: Шачжоу (Šačžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saa¹ zau¹
    • Yale: sā jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 沙州 沙洲

Proper noun

沙州

1. (～鎮) Shazhou (a town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
2. Shazhou, a former province of Imperial China
3. Shazhou, a former name of Dunhuang, an oasis town in Gansu, China, during the time when it served as Shazhou's provincial capital

Synonyms

• 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 沙州 – see 沙洲 (“sandbank; sandbar; shoal”). (This term is a variant form of 沙洲).