- 六大洲 liùdàzhōu six continentsThe six continents of the world, traditionally defined as [[亚洲|亞洲|ya4 zhou1]], [[非洲|非洲|fei1 zhou1]], [[欧洲|歐洲|ou1 zhou1]], [[南美洲|南美洲|nan2 mei3 zhou1]], [[北美洲|北美洲|bei3 mei3 zhou1]], and [[大洋洲|大洋洲|da4 yang2 zhou1]]
- 七大洲 qīdàzhōu seven continentsThe seven continents of the world, namely [[亚洲|亞洲|ya4 zhou1]], [[欧洲|歐洲|ou1 zhou1]], [[非洲|非洲|fei1 zhou1]], [[北美洲|北美洲|bei3 mei3 zhou1]], [[南美洲|南美洲|nan2 mei3 zhou1]], [[大洋洲|大洋洲|da4 yang2 zhou1]], and [[南极洲|南極洲|nan2 ji2 zhou1]]
- 五大洲 wǔdàzhōu five continentsThe five continents of the world; also used to refer to the whole world. Traditionally these are Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
- 四大洲 sìdàzhōu four great continents(Buddhist) the four great continents surrounding Mount Sumeru in Buddhist cosmology