周 zhōu
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zhōu
proper noun Zhou Dynasty
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Dynasty 朝代
Notes: 1045-221 BCE; also several other dynasties (CC-CEDICT '周'; Giles 1892, p. 1364; Guoyu '周' n 1; Kroll 2015 '周' 7, p. 613; Wikipedia '周朝'; XHZD '周' 7, p. 990) -
zhōu
adjective
careful / thorough / thoughtful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '周' 4, p. 613; XHZD '周' 5, p. 990) -
zhōu
verb
to aid
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' v 2; Kroll 2015 '周' 5, p. 613; XHZD '周' 6, p. 990) -
zhōu
noun
a cycle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' n 3; XHZD '周' 3, p. 990) -
zhōu
proper noun
Zhou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' n 5) -
zhōu
adjective
all / universal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 全部 (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' adj 2; XHZD '周' 3, p. 990) -
zhōu
adjective
dense / near
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 1, p. 613) -
zhōu
noun
circumference / surroundings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 周围 (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' n 2; XHZD '周' 1, p. 990) -
zhōu
verb
to circle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' v 1; Kroll 2015 '周' 3, p. 613; XHZD '周' 2, p. 990) -
zhōu
verb
to adapt to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 2, p. 613) -
zhōu
verb
to wear around the waist
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 3a, p. 613) -
zhōu
verb
to bend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 6, p. 613) -
zhōu
noun
an entire year
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '周' n 4)
Contained in
- 爱欲其周(愛欲其周) desire to have love openly displayed
- 周而复始(週而復始) the cycle comes back to the start / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle
- 周刊(週刊) weekly publication
- 周边商品(周邊商品) spin-off merchandise
- 周济(周濟) help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative
- 周延 exhaustive / distributed (logic: applies to every instance)
- 周游(週遊) to tour / to travel around
- 周会(周會) weekly meeting / weekly assembly
- 周日(週日) Sunday
- 周转(周轉) turnover
- 细胞周期(細胞周期) cell cycle
- 千周 kilocycle
- 周游列国(周遊列國) to travel around many countries
- 周渝民 Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou
- 周文 Zhou Script / Great Seal Script
- 周杰伦(周杰倫) Jay Chou
- 周径(週徑) circumference and radius / the circular ratio pi
- 周而不比 faithful and not partisan
- 周五(週五) Friday
- 经济周期(經濟週期) economic cycle
- 周璇 Zhou Xuan
- 元素周期表(元素週期表) periodic table of the elements
- 周备(周備) thorough / carefully prepared
- 周置 to cover densely ; to be a suitable place
- 周旋 to mix with others / to socialize / to deal with / to contend ; the world of the Buddha
Also contained in
周庄 、 周秀花 、 后周 、 周王朝 、 成周 、 周利槃陀伽 、 周武王姬发 、 武周革命 、 周传瑛 、 周勃 、 周易 、 周瘦鹃 、 周树人 、 周总理 、 林周 、 周书 、 周穆王 、 西周 、 曲周县 、 周梨槃陀迦 、 周那 、 周武王 、 周村区 、 周宁县 、 周庄镇 、 周公
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二 西周 Chapter 2: Western Zhou Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 179
- 卷一 東周 Chapter 1: Eastern Zhou Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 155
- 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 111
- 卷二百五十五 列傳第一百四十三 劉宗周 黃道周 Volume 255 Biographies 143: Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou History of Ming 明史 — count: 78
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 69
- 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 65
- 第二回 Chapter 2 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 64
- 卷二十七上 志第十七上 曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 59
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 56
- 第二回 Chapter 7 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 54
Collocations
- 周室 (周室) 閔周室之顛覆 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 9
- 周王 (周王) 周王于邁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧棫樸 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Yu Pu — count: 8
- 我有周 (我有周) 惟我有周 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓下 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration III — count: 6
- 周人 (周人) 周人怨思焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 6
- 周大夫 (周大夫) 周大夫行役 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 5
- 维周 (維周) 維周之氐 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧節南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Jie Nan Shan — count: 5
- 周德 (周德) 周德旣衰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 5
- 闵周 (閔周) 閔周室之顛覆 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 5
- 作周 (作周) 文王受命作周也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 4
- 周邦 (周邦) 周邦咸喜 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 4