Zhou
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Zhou can refer to:
- Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC), the dynasty that ruled China before the Warring States period.
- Wu Zhao (ruling name: Wu Zetian), the only Empress of China, founder of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty (690 AD - 705 AD) (not to be confused with the original Zhou).
- Zhou (country subdivision), a political/administrative division of China, usually translated as "prefecture" or "province."
- Rice congee (Chinese: 粥 zhōu), a type of rice porridge.
[edit] Surnames
- Alphabetized by surname, then by given name.
Zhōu is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 周, which now ranks the 9th most common surname in Mainland China. It has been one of the most popular 10 surnames in China since the Yuan Dynasty.
In places which use the Wade-Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Zhou is usually spelled as "Chou", and it may also be spelled "Chau", "Jhou", "Joe" or "Chow". Zhou can also stand for another, rare Chinese family name, 洲.
- Wakin Chau (Emil Chau), singer
- Simon Chau Sui-Cheong, Hong Kong social and environmental activist
- Jay Chou, singer
- Niki Chow, actress
- Norm Chow, American football coach
- Stephen Chow, actor & director
- Vivian Chow, singer
- Wei-Liang Chow, mathematician
- Wen Tsing Chow, missile guidance scientist
- Chow Yun-Fat, actor
- Ju Sigyeong, Korean linguistist
- Zhou Enlai, People's Republic of China politician
- Zhou Shuren, real name of writer Lu Xun
- Zhou Tong (Shaolin monk), famous archer and teacher of Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
- Zhou Xiaochuan, economist
- Zhou Xuan, actress
- Zhou Yafu, a Han dynasty general
- Zhou Yu, a great general of the Kingdom of Wu
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