麻州

Mázhōu

proper noun

Meanings

1 Massachusetts

Characters

hemp (used for its sound)

Examples

HSK 4

她在麻州读完研究生以后，留在波士顿工作了。

Tā zài Mázhōu dúwán yánjiūshēng yǐhòu, liú zài Bōshìdùn gōngzuò le.

After finishing graduate school in Massachusetts, she stayed on to work in Boston.

HSK 7-9

哈佛大学在麻州。

Hāfó Dàxué zài Mázhōu.

Harvard University is in Massachusetts.

Tips

usage

Short for 马萨诸塞州 (Taiwan writes 麻萨诸塞州, hence the 麻), on the pattern of 加州 for California and 德州 for Texas. Mainland usage more often says 麻省, as in 麻省理工学院 (MIT).

Stroke Order

麻 má

州 zhōu