肇州 zhàozhōu Zhaozhou Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 肇 zhào to start (bound form) to start; to initiate; to originate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