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zhus

zhus is the plural of zhu.

Meaning of zhu

Noun (1)

zhu (plural zhu or zhus)

  1. (historical) An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China.
    • Modern research showed the correct number of millet seeds greatly exceeded surviving examples of the zhu in weight, until one tried growing older millet strains for several generations without modern agrochemicals. By the third year, his seeds produced a zhu within about 5% of its known historical...

Noun (2)

zhu (plural zhu or zhus)

  1. (historical) An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.

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Questions about zhus

What is zhus the plural of?
Zhus is the plural of zhu.

Words near zhus in the dictionary

  1. Zhuodaoquan
  2. Zhuolu
  3. Zhuos
  4. Zhuoxi
  5. Zhuozhou
  6. zhus
  7. zhush
  8. Zhushan
  9. zhushed
  10. zhushes
  11. zhushing

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