| 欧洲 | ōu zhōu | Europe; abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1] |
| 亚洲 | yà zhōu | Asia; abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1] |
| 非洲 | fēi zhōu | Africa; abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1] |
| 美洲 | měi zhōu | America (including North, Central and South America); the Americas |
| 三角洲 | sān jiǎo zhōu | delta (geography) |
| 绿洲 | lǜ zhōu | oasis |
| 大洋洲 | dà yáng zhōu | Oceania |
| 中美洲 | zhōng měi zhōu | Central America |
| 大洲 | dà zhōu | continent |
| 株洲 | zhū zhōu | Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan |
| 五洲 | wǔ zhōu | five continents; the world |
| 五大洲 | wǔ dà zhōu | five continents; the whole world |
