| 定州市 |
Dìng zhōu Shì |
Dingzhou, county-level city directly administered by Hebei Province |
| 定 |
dìng |
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely |
| 定州 |
Dìng zhōu |
see 定州市 |
| 州 |
zhōu |
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |
| 市 |
shì |
market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods |