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Definition: Zhou

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism.[Wordnet].

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Date "Zhou" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references)

Common Expressions: Zhou

Expressions Definition
Duke of Zhou The Duke of Zhou (Chinese: 周公旦;, pinyin: Zhōu Gōng Dàn) was the brother of King Wu of Zhou. Only three years after defeating the Shang Dynasty King Wu died, leaving the task of consolidating the dynasty's power to the Duke of Zhou, who ruled as regent. The Duke of Zhou fought with the rulers of eastern states who joined with the remnants of the Shang to oppose the Zhou. The east was conquered in five years. (references)
King Ai of Zhou King Yuan of Zhou, ch.: 周哀王, pinyin: zhōu āi wáng, wg: King Ai of Chou, was the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King An of Zhou King An of Zhou, ch.: 周安王, pinyin: zhōu ān wáng, wg: King An of Chou, was the thirty-second sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the twentieth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King Cheng of Zhou King Cheng of Zhou (ch 周成王 zhōu chéng wáng) or King Ch'eng of Chou was the second sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King Dao of Zhou King Dao of Zhou, ch.: 周悼王, pinyin: zhōu dào wáng, wg: King Tao of Chou, (d. 520 BC) was the twenty-fifth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the thirteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King Ding of Zhou King Ding of Zhou (ch.: 周定王, pinyin zhōu dìng wáng) or King Ting of Chou (wg) was the twenty-first sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the ninth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King Gong of Zhou King Gong of Zhou (ch 周共王 zhōu gōng wáng) or King Kung of Chou was the sixth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King Huan of Zhou King Huan of Zhou (d. 697 BC) (ch. 周桓王 zhōu húan wáng) or King Huan of Chou was the fourteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the second of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. (references)
King Hui of Eastern Zhou King Hui of Eastern Zhou, trad. ch. 東周惠王, sim. ch. 东周惠王, py. dōng zhōu hùi wáng, wg. Tung Chou Hui Wang was last claimant of king of the Zhou Dynasty of China. (references)
King Hui of Zhou King Hui of Zhou, ch. 周惠王, py. zhōu hùi wáng, wg. King Hui of Chou was the seventeenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the fifth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. (references)
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Zhou

Zhou

Zhou can refer to:

  • Zhou Dynasty a Chinese Dynasty split into two eras, Western and Eastern (1122 BC - 256 BC)
  • Northern Zhou a Chinese Dynasty (557 - 581)
  • Wu Zhao, the only Empress of China
  • Zhou (country subdivision), a political/administrative division of China
  • Rice congee (Chinese: 粥 zhōu), a type of rice porridge
  • Zhou (surname), Romanization of the Chinese surname 周 (Zhōu)
  • Zhou (24 character), television character

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zhou"



Topics by Level of Interest: Zhou

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Zhou 122     Bangxing Zhou 3
Zhou Tong 93     Book of Zhou 6
Zhou Tong (archer) 84     Consort Zhou (Cheng) 3
Military and civilian combat arts of Zhou Tong 58     Dai Zhou 14
Zhou Dynasty 51     Duke of Zhou 6
Zhou Enlai 45     Emperor Gongdi of Later Zhou 3
Media about Zhou Tong 37     Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou 11
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou 28     Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou 10
Zhou Yu 27     Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou 6
Zhou Heyang 22     Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou 5
Zhou Xun 21     Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou 28
Vic Zhou 20     Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou 10
Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou 19     Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou 19
Northern Zhou 17     Empress of Northern Zhou 3
Zhou Zhuoru 16     Guozhi Zhou 3
Zhou Tai 15     King Ai of Zhou 4
Zhou Junxun 14     King An of Zhou 4
Dai Zhou 14     King Cheng of Zhou 5
Zhou Xuan 13     King Dao of Zhou 4
Zhou Xing 13     King Ding of Zhou 4
Zhou Bichang 12     King Gong of Zhou 4
King Zhou of Shang 12     King Huan of Zhou 4
Zhou Daguan 12     King Hui of Eastern Zhou 3
Zhou Cang 12     King Hui of Zhou 4
Zhou Long 12     King Jian of Zhou 4
Ma Zhou 12     King Jing of Zhou 10
Later Zhou Dynasty 11     King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai) 4
Zhou Xing (Tang Dynasty) 11     King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gui) 4
Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou 11     King Kang of Zhou 4
Zhou Ziqi 11     King Kao of Zhou 4
Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou 10     King Kuang of Zhou 4
Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou 10     King Li of Zhou 5
Zhou Yafu 10     King Lie of Zhou 4
King Yi of Zhou 10     King Ling of Zhou 4
King Jing of Zhou 10     King Mu of Zhou 8
Shen Zhou 9     King Nan of Zhou 5
Zhou Fang 9     King Ping of Zhou 4
King Mu of Zhou 8     King Qing of Zhou 4
Zhou Nan 8     King Shenjing of Zhou 4
Zhou Haibin 8     King Si of Zhou 4
Zhou Jianchao 8     King Weilie of Zhou 4
Zhou Ruiyang 8     King Wen of Zhou 4
Zhou Xiaochuan 7     King Wu of Zhou 7
Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project 7     King Xi of Zhou 4
Zhou Yu's Train 7     King Xian of Zhou 4
King Wu of Zhou 7     King Xiang of Zhou 4
Zhou (country subdivision) 7     King Xiao of Zhou 4
Zhou Tong (Water Margin) 7     King Xuan of Zhou 4
Zhou Zuoren 7     King Yi of Zhou 10
Rites of Zhou 7     King Yi of Zhou (Ji Jian) 4
Book of Zhou 6     King Yi of Zhou (Ji Xie) 4
Zhou Yongkang 6     King You of Zhou 6
King You of Zhou 6     King Yuan of Zhou 4
Zhou Weiliang 6     King Zhao of Zhou 5
Zhou Botong 6     King Zhending of Zhou 4
Zhou Zhengyi 6     King Zhou of Shang 12
Zhou Baozhong 6     King Zhuang of Zhou 4
Zhou (surname) 6     Kong Zhou 2
Qiao Zhou 6     Later Zhou Dynasty 11
Duke of Zhou 6     Lili Zhou 4
Zhou Jichang 6     Ma Zhou 12
Zhou Xiaowen 6     Media about Zhou Tong 37
Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou 6     Mengyao Zhou 3
Zhou Jiannan 5     Military and civilian combat arts of Zhou Tong 58
King Li of Zhou 5     Min Zhou 3
Zhou Fang (Three Kingdoms) 5     Northern Zhou 17
Zhou Guangzhao 5     Qiao Zhou 6
King Zhao of Zhou 5     Rites of Zhou 7
Zhou Chunxiu 5     Rituals of Zhou 2
Zhou Ji 5     Shanglie Zhou 3
King Cheng of Zhou 5     Shen Zhou 9
Zhou Yunyuan 5     Sima Zhou 3
Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou 5     Vic Zhou 20
King Nan of Zhou 5     Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project 7
Zhou Mi 5     Xiaofeng Zhou 4
Zhou She 4     Yi Zhou 4
King Kang of Zhou 4     Zheng Zhou 2
Zhou Wanfeng 4     Zhou 122
King Huan of Zhou 4     Zhou (country subdivision) 7
King Xian of Zhou 4     Zhou (surname) 6
King Ping of Zhou 4     Zhou Baozhong 6
Lili Zhou 4     Zhou Bi Suan Jing 3
Yi Zhou 4     Zhou Bichang 12
Zhou Lianggong 4     Zhou Botong 6
King Xuan of Zhou 4     Zhou Cang 12
King Hui of Zhou 4     Zhou Chaochen 4
King Wen of Zhou 4     Zhou Chunxiu 5
King Zhuang of Zhou 4     Zhou Daguan 12
King Qing of Zhou 4     Zhou Dan 4
King Gong of Zhou 4     Zhou Dunyi 3
King Yi of Zhou (Ji Xie) 4     Zhou Dynasty 51
King Yi of Zhou (Ji Jian) 4     Zhou Enlai 45
King Xi of Zhou 4     Zhou Fang 9
King Xiao of Zhou 4     Zhou Fang (Three Kingdoms) 5
King Si of Zhou 4     Zhou Fohai 4
Zhou Fohai 4     Zhou Guangzhao 5
Zhou Dan 4     Zhou Guoping 2
King Zhending of Zhou 4     Zhou Haibin 8
King Shenjing of Zhou 4     Zhou Heyang 22
King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gui) 4     Zhou Ji 5
King Ding of Zhou 4     Zhou Jianchao 8
King Kuang of Zhou 4     Zhou Jiannan 5
King Xiang of Zhou 4     Zhou Jiannan (musician) 3
King Dao of Zhou 4     Zhou Jichang 6
King Ling of Zhou 4     Zhou Jie 2
Zhou Chaochen 4     Zhou Jihong 3
King Jian of Zhou 4     Zhou Junxun 14
King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai) 4     Zhou Kexi 3
King Yuan of Zhou 4     Zhou Lei 2
King Weilie of Zhou 4     Zhou Lianggong 4
Zhou Suhong 4     Zhou Long 12
King An of Zhou 4     Zhou Man 3
King Kao of Zhou 4     Zhou Mi 5
King Lie of Zhou 4     Zhou Nan 8
King Ai of Zhou 4     Zhou Nie 2
Xiaofeng Zhou 4     Zhou Ruiyang 8
Zhou Man 3     Zhou She 4
Zhou Bi Suan Jing 3     Zhou Shengan 2
Emperor Gongdi of Later Zhou 3     Zhou Suhong 4
Shanglie Zhou 3     Zhou Tai 15
Zhou Yang 3     Zhou Tiehai 3
Mengyao Zhou 3     Zhou Tong 93
Min Zhou 3     Zhou Tong (archer) 84
Zhou Jiannan (musician) 3     Zhou Tong (Water Margin) 7
Zhou Xiaolan 3     Zhou Wanfeng 4
King Hui of Eastern Zhou 3     Zhou Weihui 3
Zhou Dunyi 3     Zhou Weiliang 6
Zhou Tiehai 3     Zhou Xiaochuan 7
Zhou Kexi 3     Zhou Xiaolan 3
Empress of Northern Zhou 3     Zhou Xiaowen 6
Zhou Weihui 3     Zhou Xinfang 2
Zhou Jihong 3     Zhou Xing 13
Guozhi Zhou 3     Zhou Xing (Tang Dynasty) 11
Sima Zhou 3     Zhou Xuan 13
Zhou Xun (Three Kingdoms) 3     Zhou Xun 21
Consort Zhou (Cheng) 3     Zhou Xun (Three Kingdoms) 3
Bangxing Zhou 3     Zhou Yafu 10
Zhou Yan 3     Zhou Yan 3
Zhou Jie 2     Zhou Yang 3
Kong Zhou 2     Zhou Yi 2
Zheng Zhou 2     Zhou Yongkang 6
Rituals of Zhou 2     Zhou Yu 27
Zhou Xinfang 2     Zhou Yu's Train 7
Zhou Shengan 2     Zhou Yunyuan 5
Zhou Lei 2     Zhou Zhengyi 6
Zhou Yi 2     Zhou Zhuoru 16
Zhou Guoping 2     Zhou Ziqi 11
Zhou Nie 2     Zhou Zuoren 7

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Zhou
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 cabbage, chou, chow, chuck, grub.
Consider also: bread, fling, drudge, food, meal, kale, maggot, booty, clams, dinero, earnings, gelt, lolly, loot, shekels.

Other

 eats.

Expression

 chou dynasty, chow chow, chow dynasty, cream puff, Zhou dynasty.
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Computed Synonyms: Zhou

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.4491   Zhou     Zhou Dynasty     chou, vicinity, surroundings, contour, lap   
 2   1.3098   Zhou     chou     duck, darling, dumpling, Cole, cabbage   
 3   1.0095   Zhou     lap     fold, ring, round, overlap, line   
 4   1.0094   Zhou     contour     outline, profile, shape, line, silhouette   
 5   1.0093   Zhou     circuit     round, circle, tour, circumference, ring   
 6   1.0091   Zhou     vicinity     neighbourhood, proximity, nearness, adjacency, closeness   
 7   1.0090   Zhou     perimeter     circumference, periphery, girth, ambit, compass   
 8   1.0089   Zhou     surroundings     environment, surrounds, medium, ambience, vicinity   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: Zhou

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   3.8884   the northern Zhou dynasty     one of the northern dynasties     the northern Wei dynasty   
 2   2.1083   Zhou dynasty school     fall apart     dislocate, paralyse   
 3   2.0183   Zhou dynasty school     disperse     scatter, dissipate   
 4   1.4491   Zhou Dynasty     Zhou     chou, lap   
 5   1.4491   King Wu of Zhou     King Wu         
 6   1.3090   Zhou Dynasty     chou     duck, darling   
 7   1.2090   Zhou Dynasty     vicinity     neighbourhood, proximity   
 8   1.0183   Zhou dynasty school     dissolve     melt, resolve   
 9   1.0090   Zhou Dynasty     surroundings     environment, surrounds   
 10   1.0089   Zhou Dynasty     contour     outline, profile   
 11   1.0088   Zhou Dynasty     circuit     round, circle   
 12   1.0087   Zhou Dynasty     perimeter     circumference, periphery   
 13   1.0087   Zhou Dynasty     circumference     periphery, circle   
 14   1.0081   Zhou dynasty school     melt     dissolve, thaw   
 15   1.0070   Zhou dynasty school     an institution of higher learning     dissolve, melt   
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Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Zhou

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Pidgin English 周总理 (premier Zhou), 北周 (one of the northern dynasties, the northern Zhou dynasty). Additional references: Chinese Pidgin English, Nauru, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 周朝 (zhou, Zhou Dynasty), 北周 (one of the northern dynasties, the northern Zhou dynasty), 周总理 (premier Zhou), 后周 (Later Zhou Dynasty), 马周 (Ma Zhou), 周武王 (King Wu of Zhou), 周作人 (Zhou Zuoren), 周恩来 (Zhou Enlai), 周小川 (Zhou Xiaochuan). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 周朝 (zhou, Zhou Dynasty), 北周 (the northern Zhou dynasty, one of the northern dynasties), 周總理 (premier Zhou), 周作人 (Zhou Zuoren), 周瑜 (Zhou Yu), 周永康 (Zhou Yongkang), 周小川 (Zhou Xiaochuan, central bank governor), 周恩來 (Zhou Enlai), 周倉 (Zhou Cang). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 주나라 (Zhou Dynasty). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 주나라 (Zhou Dynasty). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 周 (chou, lap, circuit, circumference, vicinity), 周作人 (Zhou Zuoren), 周瑜 (Zhou Yu), 周亜夫 (Zhou Yafu), 周泰 (Zhou Tai), 周恩来 (Zhou Enlai), 周渝民 (Vic Zhou), 穆王 (King Mu of Zhou), 武王 (King Wu, King Wu of Zhou). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 주나라 (Zhou Dynasty). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Zhou. (volunteer & more translations)
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