zhou
See also: Zhou, zhóu, zhòu, zhōu, Zhōu, and zhǒu
English
Etymology
From the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 粥 (zhōu). Doublet of jook.
Noun
zhou (uncountable)
- (Chinese contexts) Synonym of congee: a thick rice porridge.
- 2008 June 11, Matthew Forney, “Scorpions for Breakfast and Snails for Dinner”, in New York Times:
- We did, however, send them to a Chinese nursery school that fed them a daily lunch of zhou, a rice porridge with various seasonings: pickled turnips, flakes of dough sticks, green or red beans, sesame paste, or something called hot prickly mustard tubers.
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Related terms
- jook
Anagrams
- Zhuo
Mandarin
Romanization
zhou
- Nonstandard spelling of zhōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of zhóu.
- Nonstandard spelling of zhǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of zhòu.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Shona
Noun
zhou class 9 (plural zhou class 10)
- Karanga form of nzou