忻州

Xīnzhōu

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xinzhou, city in northern Shanxi

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

忻州在太原北边。

Xīnzhōu zài Tàiyuán běibian.

Xinzhou is north of Taiyuan.

HSK 7-9

五台山和雁门关都在忻州境内。

Wǔtáishān hé Yànménguān dōu zài Xīnzhōu jìngnèi.

Both Mount Wutai and the Yanmen Pass lie within Xinzhou.

Tips

mistakes

Not 新洲, a district of Wuhan, which sounds the same. 忻 is an old form of 欣 'glad' and today survives almost only in this name.

Stroke Order

忻 xīn

州 zhōu