7 sentences for 州 (zhōu — prefecture)

1. 杭州是一个美丽的城市。

   háng​zhōu shì yī​ge měi​lì de chéng​shì.

   Hangzhou is a beautiful city.

   Source: Tatoeba

2. 这是杭州的西湖。

   zhè shì háng​zhōu de xī​hú.

   This is the West Lake in Hangzhou.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

3. 我准备亲自带着他们到杭州一趟。

   wǒ zhǔn​bèi qīn​zì dài zhe tā​men dào háng​zhōu yī tàng.

   I'm planning to take them to Hangzhou myself.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

4. 我来自杭州，1984年和家人一起搬到了香港。

   wǒ lái​zì háng​zhōu,1984 nián hé jiā​rén yī​qǐ bān dào le xiāng​gǎng.

   I am from Hangzhou and moved to Hong Kong with my family in 1984.

   Source: CCMatrix

5. 九州是日本四大岛屿之一。

   jiǔ​zhōu shì rì​běn sì dà dǎo​yǔ zhī​yī.

   Kyushu is one of Japan’s four main islands.

   Source: CCMatrix

6. 几个月后，我去了苏州的一家工厂打工。

   jǐ​ge yuè hòu, wǒ qù le sū​zhōu de yī​jiā gōng​chǎng dǎ gōng.

   A few months later I went to work in a factory in Suzhou.

   Source: CCMatrix

7. 数百年来，广州一直是中国南方的重要港口。

   shù​bǎi nián​lái, guǎng​zhōu yī​zhí shì zhōng​guó nán​fāng de zhòng​yào gǎng​kǒu.

   Guangzhou has been an important port in southern China for hundreds of years.

   Source: CCMatrix