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非洲

Fēizhōu
noun #2,392

Meanings

  1. 1 Africa

Characters

非
fēi
not; non- (phonetic)
洲
zhōu
continent
非 is used phonetically to approximate 'Af-' in Africa. 洲 means continent, used in all continent names.

Examples

非洲是世界第二大洲。
Fēizhōu shì shìjiè dì èr dà zhōu.
Africa is the second largest continent in the world.
她去过非洲旅游。
Tā qùguò Fēizhōu lǚyóu.
She has traveled to Africa.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

非 fēi
洲 zhōu