しゅう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); canton (e.g. Switzerland); oblast (e.g. Russia); department (e.g. ancient China)
2. continent
Archaic
Suffix
3. dear
after someone's name
Kanji used
state
Pitch accent
しゅ
Top 5100
Used in vocabulary (60 in total)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
Examples (8 in total)
When it's morning in California, it's late at night in Japan.
What is the minimum wage in Georgia?
Tom was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.