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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 粥 (zhōu). Doublet of jook and juk.

uncountable Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge. We did, however, send them to a Chinese nursery school that fed them a daily lunch of zhou, a rice porridge with various seasonings: pickled turnips, flakes of dough sticks, green or red beans, sesame paste, or something called hot prickly mustard tubers.

Sounds like Jo, joe, Joe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周 (Zhōu). Doublet of Chau.

Various regions of ancient China occupied by this people, including the Fen and Wei valleys
A dynasty of rulers over this people, who conquered the Shang kingdom and nominally ruled China until their conquest by Qin in the 3rd century BC The history of the water sport, which began to gain international fame in the 1970s, dates back to 278 BC, when Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and official, committed suicide on the Miluo River in Hunan Province in protest of the court’s alliances and betrayals during the Zhou dynasty.
The realm of this dynasty, surrounding the Yellow River
The era of Chinese history during which this dynasty ruled
The valley of the Luo and Yi Rivers during the Eastern Zhou dynasty
The short-lived dynasty declared by Wu Zetian during the Tang
A surname. of Chinese origin.