周庄

周莊

Zhōuzhuāng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhouzhuang, an old water town in Kunshan, Jiangsu, between Shanghai and Suzhou

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

周庄是中国最有名的水乡古镇之一。

Zhōuzhuāng shì Zhōngguó zuì yǒumíng de shuǐ xiāng gǔ zhèn zhīyī.

Zhouzhuang is one of China's most famous old water towns.

HSK 7-9

我们坐船游览了周庄的小桥流水。

Wǒmen zuòchuán yóulǎn le Zhōuzhuāng de xiǎo qiáo liúshuǐ.

We took a boat tour of Zhouzhuang's little bridges and flowing canals.

Tips

culture

Roughly 900 years old, often called ‘the No. 1 water town under heaven’ (中国第一水乡). Painter Chen Yifei’s 1984 oil painting of its Twin Bridges (双桥) put it on the international map and kicked off China’s water-town tourism wave.

Stroke Order

周 zhōu

庄 zhuāng