海州 hǎizhōu Haizhou District Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 海 hǎi noun sea ocean or sea; large bodies of water including salt lakes or large inland lakes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