欧 (ōu): Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲), (used for transliteration)
欧 (ōu) is a Chinese character meaning “europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 区 (structural) and 欠 (structural). It ranks #823 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲)
- (used for transliteration)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 欧
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欧文proper-noun | ōu wén | Owen (name) |
| 欧元noun | ōu yuán | euro (currency) |
| 罗密欧 | luó mì ōu | Romeo (name) |
| 东欧proper-noun | dōng ōu | Eastern Europe |
| 欧拉proper-noun | ōu lā | Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician |
| 北欧proper-noun | běi ōu | north Europe |
| 欧盟proper-noun | ōu méng | European Union |
| 西欧proper-noun | xī ōu | Western Europe |
| 欧若拉proper-noun | ōu ruò lā | Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn |
| 欧式adjective | ōu shì | in the European style |
| 欧文斯 | ōu wén sī | Owens (name) |
| 欧芹noun | ōu qín | parsley (Petroselinum sativum) |
| 南欧proper-noun | nán ōu | Southern Europe |
| 欧尼noun | ōu ní | (female usage) older sister (loanword from Korean "eonni") |
| 欧氏 | ōu shì | Euclid |
欧 appears in 100 compound words: 79 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 欧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
欧字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
ōu zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "欧" has different usages in different contexts.
MG宣布“欧洲新车累积销量突破百万辆”!电动化布局成...
M G xuān bù ōu zhōu xīn chē lěi jī xiāo liàng tū pò bǎi wàn liàng ! diàn dòng huà bù jú chéng . . .
MG announced that "the cumulative sales of new cars in Europe exceeded one million units"! The electrification layout has become...
欧股强势 吸金额挑战新高...投资人看好欧...
ōu gǔ qiáng shì xī jīn é tiāo zhàn xīn gāo . . . tóu zī rén kàn hǎo ōu . . .
European stocks are strong and challenge new highs... Investors are optimistic about Europe...
(图表)欧洲三大股指2月20日全线上涨
( tú biǎo ) ōu zhōu sān dà gǔ zhǐ 2 yuè 2 0 rì quán xiàn shàng zhǎng
(Chart) The three major European stock indexes rose across the board on February 20
俄方称欧洲在乌克兰问题上更倾向于延续冲突
é fāng chèn ōu zhōu zài wū kè lán wèn tí shàng gēng qīng xiàng yú yán xù chōng tū
Russia said that Europe is more inclined to continue the conflict on the Ukraine issue
回应法国质疑 欧委会称受邀参加“和平委员会”会议是..
huí yīng fǎ guó zhì yí ōu wěi huì chèn shòu yāo cān jiā hé píng wěi yuán huì huì yì shì . .
In response to France's doubts, the European Commission said that the invitation to the meeting of the "Peace Commission" was:
欧洲的人口比亚洲少。
ōuzhōu de rénkǒu Bǐyà zhōu shǎo.
Europe has a smaller population than Asia.
翻译是欧洲的语言。
Fānyì shì ōuzhōu de yǔyán.
Translation is the language of Europe.
亚洲的大小约四倍于欧洲。
Yàzhōu de dàxiǎo yuē sì bèi yú ōuzhōu.
Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.
阿尔卑斯山地跨欧洲八国。
ā'ěrbēisī shāndì kuà ōuzhōu bā guó.
The Alps extend across eight European countries.
Character Family
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