中州 zhōngzhōu Central Plains Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 中 zhōng locative middle middle; center; within; among; inside a range or period of time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