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): ㄕㄚㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ zau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shāzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄓㄡ
  - 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:
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    沙州
    沙洲

Proper noun

沙州

(～鎮) Shazhou (a town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
Shazhou, a former province of Imperial China
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).