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 zhōu week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1]
Results beginning with 周
 zhōu wéi surroundings / environment / to encompass
 zhōu biān periphery / rim / surroundings / all around / perimeter / peripheral (computing) / spin-offs
 zhōu mò weekend
 zhōu qī period / cycle
 zhōu nián anniversary / annual
 zhōu kān weekly publication / weekly
 Zhōu yī Monday
 Zhōu wǔ Friday
 Zhōu liù Saturday
 Zhōu rì Sunday / diurnal
 Zhōu sì Thursday
 Zhōu sān Wednesday
 Zhōu èr Tuesday
 zhōu dào thoughtful / considerate / attentive / thorough / also pr. [zhou1 dao5]
 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
 zhōu mì careful / thorough / meticulous / dense / impenetrable
 zhōu zāo surrounding / nearby
 zhōu xuán to mix with others / to socialize / to deal with / to contend
 zhōu shēn whole body
 Zhōu yì another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow
 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
 zhōu bào weekly publication
 zhōu quán comprehensive / thorough / to bring one's help / to assist
 Zhōu Yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
 zhōu jiā the Zhou family (household, firm etc) / Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art
 zhōu zhé twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:番[fan1]
 zhōu yóu variant of 周遊|周游, to tour / to travel around
 Zhōu zhuāng Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
 zhōu cháng variant of 周長|周长[zhou1 chang2]
 zhōu jì help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济)
 zhōu zhì see 周到[zhou1 dao4]
 zhōu xiáng meticulous / thorough / comprehensive / complete / detailed
 Zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
 zhōu zhāng effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / flustered / frightened
 Zhōu cháo Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou 西周 / (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 / (770-221 BC)
 Zhōu dài Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
 zhōu zhī well known
 zhōu xīn weekly salary
 zhōu bō cycle (physics)
 zhōu yán exhaustive / distributed (logic: applies to every instance)
 Zhōu shū History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻[Ling2 hu2 De2 fen1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
 Zhōu Chǔ Zhou Chu (236-297), Jin dynasty general
 zhōu bèi thorough / carefully prepared
 Zhōu Bó Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han
 zhōu cāng Zhou
 Zhōu cūn Zhoucun district of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
 zhōu gǒu obedient dog / lackey
 zhōu huì weekly meeting / weekly assembly
 zhōu jìng circumference and radius / the circular ratio pi
 Zhōu kǒu prefecture level city in east Henan 河南
 Zhōu níng Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian
 zhōu sù cycle time / cycle speed
 Zhōu Xuán Zhou Xuan (1918-1957), Chinese singer and film actress
 zhōu zhōng weekday / midweek
 zhōu zuì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) / same as 週歲|周岁[zhou1 sui4]
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 Zhōu zǒng lǐ Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 / (1898-1976)
 zhōu qī xìng periodic / periodicity (math) / cyclicity
 Zhōu Zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
 Zhōu Yǒng kāng Zhou Yongkang (1942-), PRC petroleum engineer and politician
 Zhōu kǒu diàn Zhoukoudian prehistoric site in Fangshan district 房山區|房山区[Fang2 shan1 qu1], Beijing
 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover
 Zhōu Dūn yí Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
 Zhōu zhuāng Zhèn Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
 Zhōu Shù rén Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
 Zhōu Chéng wáng King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
 Zhōu bā pí Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫[ban4 ye4 ji1 jiao4]
 Zhōu Chuán yīng Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3] opera actor
 Zhōu cūn qū Zhoucun district of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
 Zhōu En1 lái Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
 zhōu hǎi mèi Kathy
 Zhōu Huá jiàn Wakin Chau (1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor
 Zhōu Jié lún Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
 Zhōu kǒu shì Zhoukou, prefecture-level city in east Henan 河南
 Zhōu Lì bō Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
 zhōu měi líng Zero
 Zhōu Mù wáng King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
 Zhōu níng xiàn Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian
 zhōu qī biǎo periodic table (chemistry) / abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表[yuan2 su4 zhou1 qi1 biao3], periodic table of the elements
 zhōu qī jiě periodic solution (math.)
 zhōu qī shù periodic number
 zhōu qī xì periodic system / periodicity (chemistry)
 zhōu qī yán peridotitic complex
 Zhōu Rùn fā Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
 Zhōu Shòu juān Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution
 Zhōu wáng cháo the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC
 Zhōu Wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
 Zhōu Wǔ wáng King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
 Zhōu Xiǎo chuān Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), PRC banker and politician, governor of People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2] 2002-2018
 Zhōu Xīng chí Stephen Chow (1962-), Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, known for his mo lei tau 無厘頭|无厘头[wu2 li2 tou2] movies
 zhōu xí wěi Chou
 Zhōu Xuān wáng King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)
 Zhōu Yī yuè York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004
 Zhōu Yǒu guāng Zhou Youguang (1906-2017), PRC linguist, considered the father of Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音|汉语拼音[Han4 yu3 Pin1 yin1]
 Zhōu Yōu wáng King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1]
 Zhōu Yú mín Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
 Zhōu zhì xiàn Zhouzhi county in Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1], Shaanxi
 zhōu wéi huán jìng one's surroundings / environment
 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle
 zhōu bian shè bèi peripheral / peripheral equipment
 zhōu yóu liè guó to travel around many countries (idiom) / peregrinations / refers to the travels of Confucius
  cycle time
  lead time
  deliberate response
  deliberate breaching
  perimeter intrusion
  Working Capital Fund
  perimeter marking
 zhōu biān shāng pǐn spin-off merchandise
 zhōu bì suàn jīng Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics
 Zhōu kǒu dì qū Zhoukou prefecture in Henan
 Zhōu Liáng Shū yí Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician
 zhōu mì dù hé deliberate river crossing / deliberate crossing
 zhōu mò yú kuài Have a nice weekend!
 zhōu qī hán shù periodic function
 zhōu sān jìng yī circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius
 zhōu xiū èr rì (Tw) two-day weekend (usually Saturday and Sunday)
 zhōu yóu shì jiè to travel around the world
 zhōu zhuǎn bù kāi to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet
 zhōu zhuǎn bù líng to have a cash flow problem
  liquidity cash reserves / liquidity reserves
  perimeter-marked area
  cyclical employment
 zhōu qī xìng shī yè cyclical unemployment
 zhōu wéi xìng xuàn yùn peripheral vertigo
 Zhōu Wǔ wáng Jī Fā King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周[Xi1 Zhou1] 1046-771 BC
 Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gài fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
  Operation Deliberate Guard
  deliberate breaching
  end-of-cycle appraisal
 zhōu wéi shén jīng bìng biàn peripheral neuropathy
  Working Capital Reserve Fund
  Working Capital and Guarantee Fund
)  sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
Approximate Results for 周
 běn zhōu this week
 sì zhōu all around
 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle
 měi zhōu every week
 shàng zhōu last week
 xià zhōu next week
 bù zhōu not satisfactory / thoughtless / inconsiderate
西 Xī Zhōu Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
 yuán zhōu circumference
 Zhuāng Zhōu same as Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC), Daoist author
 Dōng Zhōu Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
 Běi Zhōu the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) / one of the Northern Dynasties
 Hòu Zhōu Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1]
 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
 děng zhōu isoperimetric
 Lín zhōu Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
 mǎ zhōu Ma
 qiān zhōu kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
 Qǔ zhōu Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
 shù zhōu several weeks / also written 數週|数周
 shù zhōu several weeks
 zhào zhōu megacycle (MC), equals 1,000,000 Hz
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 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
 jiān zhōu yán adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
 yá zhōu bìng periodontitis (gum disorder)
 yuán zhōu lu:4 (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
 yá zhōu yán periodontitis (gum disorder)
 Xià Shāng zhōu Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
  ping cycle / ping period / sweep
  Metonic cycle
  Week of Tranquillity
  procyclicality
 běn zhōu èr this Tuesday
 běn zhōu liù this Saturday
 běn zhōu sān this Wednesday
 běn zhōu sì this Thursday
 běn zhōu wǔ this Friday
 běn zhōu yī this Monday
 Bù zhōu Shān Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend
 bù zhōu yán undistributed
西 Dōng Xī Zhōu Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)
 fèi zhōu zhé to spend (much) effort / to go through (a lot of) trouble
 Lín zhōu xiàn Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
 nì zhōu qī counter-cyclical
 Qǔ zhōu xiàn Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
 shén shèng zhōu Holy week / Easter week (esp. Catholic)
 suǒ zhōu zhī as is well known / as everyone knows
 zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī see 眾所周知|众所周知[zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1]
 shēng mìng zhōu qī life cycle
 Xīn wén Zhōu kān Newsweek magazine / also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
 Nán fāng Zhōu mò Southern Weekend (newspaper)
 jīng jì zhōu qī economic cycle
 zhuāng zhōu mèng dié Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
  annual leave cycle
  felling cycle
  ovulatory cycle
  cash conversion cycle / cash cycle
  budget cycle
  grant-making cycle
  declared perimeter
  International Law Week
  final perimeter
  alternative perimeter
 Běi jīng Zhōu bào Beijing Review
 chá lǐ zhōu kān Charlie Hebdo (French magazine)
 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains / to go to a lot of trouble
 dòng qíng zhōu qī estrous
 fāng àn zhōu qī programme cycle
 fēi zhōu shuǐ zhōu African Water Week
 huán gù sì zhōu to look around
 kāi fā zhōu qī development cycle / development period
 kāi fā zhōu qī development cycle / development period / also written 開發週期|开发周期
 kuàng wù zhōu qī mineral cycle
 kuò sàn zhōu zhī to let everyone know / spread the word!
 liù zhōu guī dìng six-week documentation rule / six-week rule / 6-week rule
 měi zhōu yī cì once a week
 qíng bào zhōu qī intelligence cycle
 shēng huó zhōu qī life cycle / biological cycle
 shēng wù zhōu qī biological cycle
 shì jiè shuǐ zhōu World Water Week
 shuāng zhōu qī xìng (math.) double periodicity
 xiàn jīn zhōu zhuǎn cash flow
 xì bāo zhōu qī cell cycle
 xiū gēng zhōu qī fallow cycle
 Yà zhōu Zhōu kān Asiaweek (current affairs magazine)
 yì qíng zhōu bào Weekly Epidemiological Record
 zhǐ lìng zhōu qī instruction
  World Space Week
  Inventory turnover
  Creative Economy Week
  Human Development Week
  World Week of Peace
  European Youth Week
  Mother and Child Health Week
  World Leprosy Week
 děng zhōu bù děng shì the isoperimetric inequality
 Shèng shén jiàng lín zhōu Whitsuntide
 Shū yù zhōu zī lù Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations
 Tài píng Yáng Zhōu biān Pacific Rim
 tài píng yáng zhōu biān variant of 太平洋週邊|太平洋周边, Pacific Rim
 tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōu sunspot cycle
 tǔ zhù wén huà zhōu Aboriginal Awareness Week
 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
 yuán sù zhōu qī biǎo periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
寿  life cycle assessment / life cycle analysis
  full perimeter security
  life-cycle costing
  tasking cycle
  Development Cooperation Cycle
  procurement lead time
  system life cycle
  material balance period
 fāng àn nǐ dìng zhōu qī programming cycle
 Jiǎn shì fáng wù zhōu kān Jane's defense weekly
 léi chǎng zhōu bian biāo zhì minefield perimeter marker
 liǎng nián yù suàn zhōu qī biennial budget cycle
 Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shū another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史[Jiu4 Wu3 dai4 shi3]
10周  follow-up to Beijing + 10
  High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly / millennium review summit / Millennium +5 Summit
  peripheral blood mononuclear cell
  twenty-third special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly to appraise and assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the Beijing Declara
  deliberate response
  deliberate river crossing / deliberate crossing
  Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome Document of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly / Beijing + 10
  down time
  World Space Week Association
  Spaceweek International Association
  European Drug Prevention Week
 cù jìn cái jūn mù biāo zhōu Week Devoted to Fostering the Objectives of Disarmament
 quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week
 rì běn tiě lù zhōu yóu quàn Japan
 shì jiè mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng zhōu World Breastfeeding Week
 sī dé gē ěr mó shuǐ zhōu Stockholm Water Week
  World Interfaith Harmony Week
  perimeter security monitoring
  peripheral blood mononuclear cell
  Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe
  15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action / Beijing + 15
  accelerated home leave
 chǎn pǐn shēng mìng zhōu qī guǎn lǐ product lifecycle management
 lián hé guó chéng rén xué xí zhōu United Nations Week of Adult Learning
-阿  Afro-Arab Business Week
  Rio +5 Forum
  alternative determination of final perimeter
  malnutrition-morbidity cycle
  International Cooperation Week on Crime Prevention
  Fiftieth Anniversary National Committee
  United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development / Rio+20 Conference
  10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers
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