Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 亳州?
亳(bó)州bó zhōu
Commonly said as: reading 亳 as háo
薄州
亳州
What it is
Bozhou in north-west Anhui is the hometown of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo.
Why it gets said wrong
亳 is bó and differs from 毫, háo, by a single stroke. It tops many lists of misread place names.
Hear it in a sentence
Bozhou is a hub for medicinal herbs.
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