name
Meaning 1
A surname from Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
zhu
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒuː/
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/zuː/
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rhymes with -uː
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CMU ARPABET: ZH UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- Modern research showed the correct number of millet seeds greatly exceeded surviving examples of the zhu in weight, until one tried growing older millet strains for several generations without modern agrochemicals. By the third year, his seeds produced a zhu within about 5% of its known historical value.
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noun
Meaning 3
An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朱 (Zhū).
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 銖 /铢 (zhū).
The atonal pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 筑 (zhù or zhú).