永州

Yǒngzhōu
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Yongzhou, city in southern Hunan, where Liu Zongyuan spent ten years in exile

Examples

HSK 1
Liǔ Zōngyuán zài Yǒngzhōu zhù le shí nián.
Liu Zongyuan lived in Yongzhou for ten years.
HSK 5
Yǒngzhōu shì Xiāoshuǐ hé Xiāngjiāng huìhé de dìfang.
Yongzhou is where the Xiao River meets the Xiang.

Tips

culture
Exiled here from 805 to 815, 柳宗元 wrote the landscape essays 《永州八记》 and 《捕蛇者说》, which begins 永州之野产异蛇, "the wilds of Yongzhou produce a strange snake". The full name of the city is 永州市.

Stroke Order

永 yǒng
州 zhōu