zhou
IPA: ʒˈu
noun
- (Chinese contexts) Synonym of congee: a thick rice porridge.
- A people of ancient China.
- Various regions of ancient China occupied by this people, including the Fen and Wei valleys
- A dynasty of rulers over this people, who conquered the Shang kingdom and nominally ruled China until their conquest by Qin in the 3rd century BC
- The realm of this dynasty, surrounding the Yellow River
- The era of Chinese history during which this dynasty ruled
- The valley of the Luo and Yi Rivers during the Eastern Zhou dynasty
- The short-lived dynasty declared by Wu Zetian during the Tang
- A surname. of Chinese origin.
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Examples of "zhou" in Sentences
- The Zhou Dynasty was the successor to the Shang.
- The following is an example of a Zhou inscription.
- The region was the feudal estate of King Wen of Zhou.
- At the negotiating table, Zhou was tough, aggressive, even brutish.
- His family name of Zhou may be a disambiguation of the Zhou Dynasty.
- Lu beats up Zhou in the dark and Zhou escapes back to the stronghold.
- Kissinger said that Zhou much overestimated the competence of the CIA.
- This marks the second large phase of the Zhou dynasty the Eastern Zhou.
- The email implicated employee Peng Zhou as the source of the company's status.
- He was the son of King u of Zhou and the younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou.