欧洲

ōuzhōu

Traditional: 歐洲

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Translation

Europe

Word origin

A compound of 欧 (ōu), the character used to transliterate the European place name, and 洲 (zhōu, continent), giving the name of the continent of Europe.

Origin
compound
Root
欧 (ōu, phonetic for Europe) + 洲 (zhōu, continent)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 欧

Stroke order for 洲

Examples

He wants to travel to Europe next year.

Europe has many ancient cities.

This kind of culture is very common in Europe.

France and Germany are both in Europe.

Flying from China to Europe takes more than ten hours.

欧洲 (ōu zhōu) means Europe, the continent. 欧 carries the European sound and 洲 means continent, the same element seen in 亚洲 (Asia) and 美洲 (the Americas).

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This word is part of lesson 40.