| 沧 |
Cāng zhōu Shì | Cangzhou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省 |
| 沧 |
cāng | (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold |
| 沧 |
Cāng zhōu | see 沧州市 |
| 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 |