English Explanatory Dictionary

zhu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China.
noun
  1. An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒuː/ /zuː/

Word forms

zhu zhus tcho Chu Choo Tu

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 銖 /铢 (zhū).

Related words

sanzhu wuzhu Chau Ju Joo Shu
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