舟山

Zhōushān
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhoushan (prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province made up of over 1,390 islands in the East China Sea; China's largest archipelago)

Examples

Zhōushān de hǎixiān fēicháng xīnxiān.
The seafood in Zhoushan is incredibly fresh.
Wǒmen zuò chuán qù Zhōushān de Pǔtuóshān cháoshèng.
We took a boat to Mount Putuo in Zhoushan on a pilgrimage.

Tips

culture
Home to (Mount Putuo) — one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, dedicated to (Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion). Zhoushan also hosts China's largest fishing port and a bonded free-trade zone for oil and commodity trading.
memory
= boat, = mountain. An archipelago of 'boat-shaped mountains' poking out of the sea — the name fits the geography literally.

Stroke Order

zhōu
shān