| 伊州 | Yī zhōu | Tang dynasty province in modern Xinjiang, around Hami 哈密 / Illinois (US state) | 
| 伊 | Yī | surname Yi / abbr. for 伊拉克, Iraq / abbr. for 伊朗, Iran | 
| 伊 | yī | (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that | 
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |