福州市

Fúzhōu Shì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province

Characters

fortune / blessing

prefecture / state

Examples

HSK 4

我下周去福州市出差。

Wǒ xiàzhōu qù Fúzhōu Shì chūchāi.

I am going on a business trip to Fuzhou next week.

HSK 5

福州市是福建省的省会。

Fúzhōu Shì shì Fújiànshěng de shěnghuì.

Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province.

Tips

culture

Fuzhou is nicknamed 榕城 (Banyan City) because of the banyan trees planted all over the city by Song-dynasty prefect 张伯玉 in 1065. The city is the ancestral home of many overseas Chinese, especially in Southeast Asia and the US.

Stroke Order

福 fú

州 zhōu

市 shì