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
- 元素周期表(元素週期表) periodic table of the elements
- 周日(週日) Sunday
- 环顾四周(環顧四周) to look around
- 周中 weekday; midweek
- 周薪(週薪) weekly salary
- 太阳黑子周(太陽黑子周) sunspot cycle
- 周末 weekend ; late Zhou
- 兆周 megacycle
- 周而复始(周而復始) finish and then start again; unceasing ; to circle unceasingly ; the cycle comes back to the start; to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle
- 每周一次(每週一次) once a week
- 庄周梦蝶(莊周夢蝶) Zhuangzi dreams of a butterfly
- 周家 the Zhou family ; Jow-Ga Kung Fu
- 周身 whole body
- 周期表(週期表) periodic table
- 北京周报(北京周報) Beijing Review ; Beijing Review
- 牙周炎 periodontitis (gum disorder)
- 简氏防务周刊(簡氏防務週刊) Jane's defense weekly
- 双周期性(雙週期性) double periodicity
- 周二(週二) Tuesday
- 每周(每週) every week
- 周遍 everywhere
- 周之衰 the decline of the Zhou dynasty
- 圆周率(圓周率) pi
- 周扒皮 Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫
- 周期系(週期系) periodic system; periodicity
- 扩散周知(擴散周知) to let everyone know; spread the word!
- 周游世界(周遊世界) to travel around the world
- 周渝民 Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou
- 细胞周期(細胞周期) cell cycle
- 周岁(周歲) one full year; age starting from zero when a child is born ; one full year
- 周行 main street ; beautiful street ; to move in a circle ; to patrol
- 周匝 to go around; to go through
Also contained in
周髀算经 、 周处 、 周立波 、 周至县 、 周武王姬发 、 西周 、 周武王 、 北周武帝 、 周一岳 、 后周世宗 、 殊域周咨录 、 周至 、 周传瑛 、 周有光 、 周庄 、 周朝 、 阚伯周 、 周德清 、 周树人
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 时周 (時周) 時周之命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧閔予小子之什‧賚 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Min Yu Xiao Zi - Lai — count: 3