周 zhōu

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. zhōu noun a cycle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '周'; Guoyu '周' n 3; XHZD '周' 3, p. 990)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. zhōu adjective dense / near
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 1, p. 613)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. zhōu verb to adapt to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 2, p. 613)
11. zhōu verb to wear around the waist
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 3a, p. 613)
12. zhōu verb to bend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '周' 6, p. 613)
13. 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

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• 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