非洲

Fēizhōu

noun #2,392

Meanings

非 is used phonetically to approximate 'Af-' in Africa. 洲 means continent, used in all continent names.

HSK 2

她去过非洲旅游。

Tā qù guò Fēizhōu lǚyóu.

She has traveled to Africa.

HSK 7-9

非洲是世界第二大洲。

Fēizhōu shì shìjiè dì'èr dàzhōu.

Africa is the second largest continent in the world.

memory

All continent names end in 洲: 亚洲 (Asia), 欧洲 (Europe), 非洲 (Africa), 美洲 (Americas), 大洋洲 (Oceania). The first character is a phonetic abbreviation.

非 fēi

洲 zhōu