胶州

Traditional form:

膠州

Pinyin (reading):

Jiāozhōu

Definitions:

• Jiaozhou, county-level city in Qingdao 青島／青岛, Shandong

Characters:

• 胶 - glue, gum, resin, rubber; sticky; to glue
• 州 - state, province, prefecture

Traditional characters:

• 膠 - glue, gum, resin, rubber; sticky; to glue
• 州 - state, province, prefecture