週 (zau1 | zhou1) : week; period

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週

zau1

zhou1

[1] week; period (e.g. annual)
[2] circle; circuit; circular
[3] perimeter; circumference; periphery
[4] whole; all over; all around

[a] 週 has a simplified form 周 for definition [1].
[b] 週 is a variant of 周 for definitions [2]-[4].

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

週

This word has been viewed 7944 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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週末 zau1 mut6 zhou1 mo4 = weekend

週圍 zau1 wai4 zhou1 wei2 = surroundings

週時 zau1 si4 = often 粵

週日 zau1 jat6 zhou1 ri4 = Sunday

週刊 zau1 hon1*2 zhou1 kan1 = weekly publication

四週 sei3 zau1 si4 zhou1 = all around

週報 zau1 bou3 zhou1 bao4 = weekly newspaper or news magazine

週期 zau1 kei4 zhou1 qi1 (PRC), zhou1 qi2 (Taiwan) = period; cycle

週轉 zau1 zyun2 zhou1 zhuan3 = turnover (money or goods)

週一 zau1 jat1 zhou1 yi1 = Monday 國

週三 zau1 saam1 zhou1 san1 = Wednesday 國

週二 zau1 ji6 zhou1 er4 = Tuesday 國

週五 zau1 ng5 zhou1 wu3 = Friday 國

週六 zau1 luk6 zhou1 liu4 = Saturday 國

週四 zau1 sei3 zhou1 si4 = Thursday 國

隔週 gaak3 zau1 ge2 zhou1 = every other week 國

週年 zau1 nin4 zhou1 nian2 = anniversary

不週延 bat1 zau1 jin4 bu4 zhou1 yan2 = undistributed 國

開發週期 hoi1 faat3 zau1 kei4 kai1 fa1 zhou1 qi1 (PRC), kai1 fa1 zhou1 qi2 (Taiwan) = development cycle; development period

月經週期 jyut6 ging1 zau1 kei4 yue4 jing1 zhou1 qi1 (PRC), yue3 jing1 zhou1 qi2 (Taiwan) = menstrual cycle

週期表 zau1 kei4 biu2 zhou1 qi1 biao3 (PRC), zhou1 qi2 biao3 (Taiwan) = [chemistry] periodic table

八卦週刊 baat3 gwaa3 zau1 hon1 ba1 gua4 zhou1 kan1 = a muckraking weekly

心搏週期 sam1 bok3 zau1 kei4 = cardiac cycle

週旋 zau1 syun4 zhou1 xuan2 = mix with other people; socialize; deal with; contend with

週歲 zau1 seoi3 zhou1 sui4 = one full year of life

黃金週假期 wong4 gam1 zau1 gaa3 kei4 = the "golden week" holiday in China

週年紀念 zan1 nin4 gei2 nim6 zhou1 nian2 ji4 nian4 = anniversary commemoration (common formation)

本週 bun2 zau1 ben3 zhou1 = this week

圓週 jyun4 zau1 = circumference

生命週期 sang1 ming6 zau1 kei4 sheng1 ming4 zhou1 qi1 (PRC) / qi2 (Taiwan) = a life cycle

週圍望 zau1 wai4 mong6 = to look everywhere 粵

下週 haa6 zau1 xia4 zhou1 = next week

上週 soeng6 zau1 shang4 zhou1 = last week

黃金週 wong4 gam1 zau1 huang2 jin1 zhou1 = golden week holiday

週期性 zau1 kei4 sing3 zhou1 qi1 xing4 (PRC); zhou1 qi2 xing4 (TW) = periodicity; cyclicity

北京週報 bak1 ging1 zau1 bou3 bei3 jing1 zhou1 bao4 = Beijing Review

新聞週刊 san1 man4 zau1 hon1*2 xin1 wen2 zhou1 kan1 = Newsweek magazine

太平洋週邊 taai3 ping4 joeng4 zau1 bin1 tai4 ping2 yang2 zhou1 bian1 = Pacific Rim

牙週病 ngaa4 zau1 beng6 ya2 zhou1 bing4 = periodontal disease

細胞週期 sai3 baau1 zau1 kei4 xi4 bao1 zhou1 qi1 (PRC), xi4 bao1 zhou1 qi2 (Taiwan) = cell cycle, mitotic cycle

三週刊 saam1 zau1 hon1*2 = Three Weekly

3週刊 saam1 zau1 hon1*2 = Three Weekly

保單週年日 bou2 daan1 zau1 nin4 jat6 = policy anniversary date (common formation)

明報週刊 ming4 bou3 zau1 hon1*2 = Ming Pao Weekly

週轉齒輪 zau1 zyun2 ci2 leon4 zhou1 zhuan3 chi3 lun1 = an epicycloidal or planetary gear (an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train)

會合週期 wui6 hap6 zau1 kei4 hui4 he2 zhou1 qi2 (Taiwan), hui4 he2 zhou1 qi1 (PRC) = [astron.] synodic period

亞洲週刊 aa3 zau1 zau1 hon1*2 ya4 zhou1 zhou1 kan1 = Yazhou Zhoukan (lit., "Asia Weekly") (common formation)

閏週 jeon6 zau1 run4 zhou1 = intercalary week

冰點週刊 bing1 dim2 zau1 hon1*2 bing1 dian3 zhou1 kan1 = Bingdian Zhoukan (weekly magazine of the China Youth)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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