chou
/ʃuː/
chou noun: choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
Noun
- Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
- A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's clothing.
- Medium sized chous, or rosettes of the ribbon finish the trimming at bottom of chest opening, and at the waist points back and front.1891, Locomotive Engineers Journal, volume 25, page 1146
Proper noun capitalized: Chou
Chou
- A common Chinese surname
- During the more than fifteen hours of formal talks I had with Chou we covered a wide range of issues and ideas. Since all our discussions during this trip were so frank, it was understandable that the Chinese were nervous about the possibility of leaks. I am sure that Chou had no trouble imagining...1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1969–1972”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 573
- Dated form of Zhou (“dynasty, realm and era”).
- Chou: at first a principality in South Shen Si and part of Kan Suh, subject to Shang dynasty; afterwards the imperial dynasty itself.
- Ts‘in: principality west of the above. When the Chou dynasty moved its capital east into Ho Nan, Ts‘in took possession of the old Chou principality.
- Tsin: principality (same family as Chou) in South Shan Si (and in part of Shen Si at times).1908, Edward Harper Parker, Ancient China Simplified, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., →OCLC, page xi
Examples of chou in a sentence
- If you don't get your choux pastry just right, the profiteroles will taste foul.
- Similarly, choux pastry is a much beloved and ultraversatile pastry that is truly unlike any other.
- This has a majority Turkic population located in five chou (autonomous administrative districts).
Forms of chou
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chous |
| plural | choux |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative Hanyu-Pinyin | Zhou |
| alternative form | Chow |
Origin of chou
From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.
From Mandarin 周 (Zhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chou¹.
Words formed from chou
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Questions about chou
- What does chou mean?
- Chou means choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
- What part of speech is chou?
- Chou can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chou?
- Chou is pronounced /ʃuː/.
- What is the plural of chou?
- The plural of chou is chous.
Words near chou in the dictionary
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