- 九州
- jiǔzhōuthe nine divisions of China in remote antiquity, a poetic name for China, Kyushu (the third-largest island of Japan)* * *Kyushu* * *Jiu3 zhou1division of China during earliest dynasties, fig. ancient China, Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands* * *九州jiǔ zhōu(中国的代称) a poetic name for China(日本一城市) Kyushu* * *九州|九州 [Jiǔ zhōu] ► division of China during earliest dynasties ► fig. ancient China ► Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.