宾州

賓州

Bīnzhōu

noun #25,641

Meanings

1 Pennsylvania (US state)
2 abbreviation of 宾夕法尼亚州

Characters

guest; visitor (transliteration of Penn-)

state; prefecture

Examples

费城是宾州最大的城市。

Fèichéng shì Bīnzhōu zuì dà de chéngshì.

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania.

他在宾州大学攻读博士学位。

Tā zài Bīnzhōu dàxué gōngdú bóshì xuéwèi.

He is pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tips

memory

宾州 is a shortened form of 宾夕法尼亚州 (Bīnxīfǎníyà zhōu), Pennsylvania. Just like Americans say "Penn" or "PA", Chinese speakers use 宾州 for short.

Stroke Order

宾 bīn

州 zhōu