Chinese Character Dictionary

告罄

gào qìng

to run out

告解

gào jiĕ

(Christianity) to confess

告诉

gào su

to tell

告语

gào yŭ

to inform

告诫

gào jiè

to warn

告诵

gào sòng

to tell

告谕

gào yù

(literary) to inform (the public)

告辞

gào cí

to say goodbye

告退

gào tuì

to petition for retirement (old)

告送

gào song

(dialect) to tell

告饶

gào ráo

to beg for mercy

呋

fū

see 呋喃 furan or 呋喃西林 furacilinum

呋喃

fū nán

furan (furfuran, used in making nylon)

呋喃西林

fū nán xī lín

furacilinum (loanword)

叫

jiào

variant of 叫[jiào]

呎

chĭ

foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)

呏

shēng

gallon

呔

tāi

tie

呝

è

old variant of 呃[è]

呠

pēn

to spurt

呡

wĕn

the corners of the mouth

呢

ne

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")

呢呢

ní ní

garrulous

呢呢痴痴

ní ní chī chī

docile

呢喃

ní nán

(onom.) twittering of birds

呢喃细语

ní nán xì yŭ

whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring

呢子

ní zi

woolen cloth

呣

m2

interjection expressing a question

呤

líng

purine (chemistry)

呦

yōu

bleating of the deer

呧

dĭ

vex

周

Zhōu

surname Zhou

周一岳

Zhōu Yī yuè

York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004

周三径一

zhōu sān jìng yī

circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius

周代

Zhōu dài

Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)

周作人

Zhōu Zuò rén

Zhou Zuoren (188-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution

周杰伦

Zhōu Jié lún

Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star

周传瑛

Zhōu Chuán yīng

Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 昆曲 opera actor

周全

zhōu quán

thorough

周到

zhōu dào

thoughtful

周勃

Zhōu Bó

Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han

周口

Zhōu kŏu

prefecture level city in east Henan 河南

周口地区

Zhōu kŏu dì qū

Zhoukou prefecture in Henan

周口市

Zhōu kŏu shì

Zhoukou prefecture level city in east Henan 河南

周口店

Zhōu kŏu diàn

Zhoukoudian in Fanshan district 房山區|房山区[Fáng shān qū], Beijing

周围

zhōu wéi

surroundings

周围性眩晕

zhōu wéi xìng xuàn yùn

peripheral vertigo

周报

zhōu bào

weekly paper

周宣王

Zhōu Xuān wáng

King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC)

周家

zhōu jiā

the Zhou family (household, firm etc)

周密

zhōu mì

careful

周宁

Zhōu níng

Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian

周宁县

Zhōu níng xiàn

Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian

周小川

Zhōu Xiăo 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[Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín háng] from 2002

周延

zhōu yán

exhaustive

周恩来

Zhōu En1 lái

Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976

周扒皮

Zhōu bā pí

Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫[bàn yè jī jiào]

周折

zhōu zhé

complication

周敦颐

Zhōu Dūn yí

Zhou Dun'yi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar

周文王

Zhōu Wén Wáng

King Wen of Zhou state (c. 112-106 BC), reigned c. 1099-106 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 the first Zhou dynasty king