"Chau" meaning in All languages combined

See Chau on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /tʃaʊ/ Forms: Chaus [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Doublet of Zhou. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|周|tr=zau¹}} Cantonese 周 (zau¹), {{doublet|en|Zhou}} Doublet of Zhou Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Chaus}} Chau (plural Chaus)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Chau-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. Alternative form of Zhou Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Zhou
    Sense id: en-Chau-en-name-HjWpBodK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84

soft-redirect [Hokkien]

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-Chau-nan-hbl-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "周",
        "tr": "zau¹"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 周 (zau¹)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Zhou"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Zhou",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Doublet of Zhou.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Chaus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Chaus"
      },
      "expansion": "Chau (plural Chaus)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Chau-en-name-EMUC1F3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Zhou"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1849 August, “Annals of Confucius; or Chronology and Geography of the Chun Ts'iu”, in The Chinese Repository, volume XVIII, number 8, →OCLC, page 397:",
          "text": "9. Kingdom of Yen 燕\nTáking situated in lat. 39° 54' N., long. 116° 28' E., one of the districts of Shuntien fú in Chihlí, now occupies the site of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Yen, the most northern part of the empire under the reign of the Chau dynasty.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Zhou"
      ],
      "id": "en-Chau-en-name-HjWpBodK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Zhou",
          "Zhou#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃaʊ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chau"
}

{
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "鄒"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-Chau-nan-hbl-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chau"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Cantonese",
    "English terms derived from Cantonese",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "周",
        "tr": "zau¹"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 周 (zau¹)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Zhou"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Zhou",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Doublet of Zhou.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Chaus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Chaus"
      },
      "expansion": "Chau (plural Chaus)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Zhou"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1849 August, “Annals of Confucius; or Chronology and Geography of the Chun Ts'iu”, in The Chinese Repository, volume XVIII, number 8, →OCLC, page 397:",
          "text": "9. Kingdom of Yen 燕\nTáking situated in lat. 39° 54' N., long. 116° 28' E., one of the districts of Shuntien fú in Chihlí, now occupies the site of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Yen, the most northern part of the empire under the reign of the Chau dynasty.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Zhou"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Zhou",
          "Zhou#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃaʊ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chau"
}

{
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "鄒"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chau"
}

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