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ZHU

/ʒu/

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What does ZHU mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname from Chinese.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. (historical) 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.
  2. (historical) An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.
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/ʒu/

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