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zhòu

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zhòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhòu | zhou4
English translation
universe
space, time, space-time

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About zhòu

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

zhòu

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

roof - the sky

Etymology of zhòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀由

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhòu

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百万分之一 zhī yī miǎo 之后 zhī hòu ,宇宙 yǔzhòu jiù 膨胀 péng zhàng dào 十亿 shí yì 英里 Yīng lǐ Kuān .

Microseconds later the universe inflated to become billions of miles wide.

每个 Shén —— 甚至 shènzhì 宙斯 Zhòu sī 自己 zìjǐ —— dōu xiǎng yāo zhè wèi 美丽 měilì de , jué 色的女神 nǚ shén wéi .

Every god -- even Zeus himself -- wanted this " beautiful, golden goddess " as his wife.

赫斯提亚 shì 宙斯 Zhòu sī 波塞冬 Bō sāi dōng 哈迪斯 Hā dí sī de 姐姐 jiějie .

Hestia is the sister to Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.

简洁 jiǎn jié 之情:宇宙 yǔzhòu 整体 zhěngtǐ de Míng àn huò Yīn yáng .

Conciseness Theand dark and the Yin and Yang of the universe.

zuò 古老 gǔ lǎo de 宙宇由于 yóuyú 维护 wéihù 不好 bù hǎo 屋顶 wū dǐng le 下来 xià lai .

The roof of the ancient temple caved in because of bad maintenance.

Words with zhòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宇宙 yǔzhòu universe宇宙 yǔzhòu
宇宙飞船 yǔ zhòu fēi chuán spacecraft宇宙飛船
宙斯 Zhòu sī Zeus宙斯 Zhòu sī
zhòu eternity zhòu
宇宙观 yǔ zhòu guān world view宇宙觀
宇宙学 yǔ zhòu xué cosmology宇宙學
宇宙线 yǔ zhòu xiàn cosmic ray宇宙線
宇宙射线 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn cosmic ray宇宙射線
太古宙 Tài gǔ zhòu Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)太古宙 Tài gǔ zhòu
元古宙 Yuán gǔ zhòu pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)元古宙 Yuán gǔ zhòu
显生宙 Xiǎn shēng zhòu Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪 Hán wǔ jì [Hán​wǔ​jì], c. 540m year ago顯生宙
隐生宙 yǐn shēng zhòu Cryptozoic隱生宙

zhòu Decomposition & Compounds

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zhòu Decomposition

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