汀州 tīngzhōu islet Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tīngzhōu islet 汀 tīng sandbar (bound form) a sandbar; a shoal; a level area by a river or body of water州 zhōu islet (old variant) An island or islet in a river; same as 洲 zhōu.tīngzhōu Tingzhou 汀 tīng sandbar (bound form) a sandbar; a shoal; a level area by a river or body of water州 zhōu proper noun prefecture An administrative division in China, including modern autonomous prefectures (自治州 zìzhìzhōu) and historical units whose names survive in city names like 苏州 sūzhōu