亳州

Bózhōu

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 5

亳州是曹操和华佗的故乡。

Bózhōu shì Cáo Cāo hé Huà Tuó de gùxiāng.

Bozhou is the hometown of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo.

HSK 7-9

亳州有全国最大的中药市场，药商从各地赶来进货。

Bózhōu yǒu quánguó zuì dà de zhōngyào shìchǎng, yàoshāng cóng gèdì gǎnlái jìnhuò.

Bozhou has the largest market for Chinese medicinal herbs in the country, and dealers come from all over to buy.

mistakes

亳 ends in 乇 at the bottom; 毫 'fine hair; milli-' ends in 毛. Reading the city as Háozhōu is a classic slip.

culture

Known as China's 'medicine capital' (药都) and for the liquor 古井贡. The name goes back to 亳, a Shang dynasty capital that tradition places in the area.

亳 Bó

州 zhōu