zhou
/d͡ʒəʊ//d͡ʒoʊ/
zhou noun: synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.
Noun (1)
zhou (uncountable)
- Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.
- We did, however, send them to a Chinese nursery school that fed them a daily lunch of zhou, a rice porridge with various seasonings: pickled turnips, flakes of dough sticks, green or red beans, sesame paste, or something called hot prickly mustard tubers.2008 June 11, Matthew Forney, “Scorpions for Breakfast and Snails for Dinner”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- congee
Noun (2) capitalized: Zhou
Zhou pl (plural only)
Proper noun capitalized: Zhou
Zhou
- 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 history of the water sport, which began to gain international fame in the 1970s, dates back to 278 BC, when Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and official, committed suicide on the Miluo River in Hunan Province in protest of the court’s alliances and betrayals during the Zhou dynasty.2023 November 6, “Prince William takes part in dragon boat race in Singapore”, in EFE, sourced from Singapore, (EFE), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023
- 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
- Synonyms:
- imperial realm
- The short-lived dynasty declared by Wu Zetian during the Tang
- A surname. of Chinese origin.
zhou meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
zhou in Bengali
- ঝোউ, ঝৌ
More languagesFewer languages
- zhou in Kannada
- ಝೌ
- zhou in Punjabi
- ਝੌ
- zhou in Gujarati
- ઝોઉ, ઝૌ
- zhou in Odia
- ଝୋଉ, ଝୌ
- zhou in Nepali
- झोउ, झाउ
Synonyms of zhou
- congee
- imperial realm
Forms of zhou
| alternative form | Chou |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Chow |
| alternative form | Tchou |
| alternative form | Chau |
| alternative form | Jou |
| alternative form | Jhou |
Origin of zhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 粥 (zhōu). Doublet of jook and juk.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周 (Zhōu). Doublet of Chau.
Words that rhyme with zhou
Questions about zhou
- What does zhou mean?
- Zhou means synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.
- What is zhou in Hindi?
- Zhou in Hindi is झौ. See Zhou meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is zhou?
- Zhou can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce zhou?
- Zhou is pronounced /d͡ʒoʊ/ (US).
Words near zhou in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zhou (page history and authors); Zhou (page history and authors); zhou (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zhou (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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