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The Zhu clan is also found in Korea and is known as 주 (朱; Ju, Joo); it is the 32nd most common name in Korea though it is combined with the Zhou (周) surname (see List of Korean surnames). Zhu (朱) is technically a branch of the Cao (曹) surname. Nowadays, Zhu is 14th most common, while Cao is 27th most common in terms of population size ...
Zhù (Chinese: 祝) is a Chinese surname.(Chuk or Chok in Cantonese), meaning ‘wizard’, ‘prayers’, or ‘to pray’ in ancient Chinese.The origin of the name is either from Zhu (祝), an official post in ancient China [when?] in charge of chanting prayers during religious worship, or (ii) from Zhu (祝), the name of a fief located in modern-day Shandong province during the reign of ...
Regardless, “zhuzh” — the pronunciation sounds a bit like "jouj" — is in fact a real word, meaning “to fix, to tidy; to smarten up,” according to Green’s Dictionary of Slang.
It is the 5th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. The Korean surname, "Joo" or "Ju", and The Vietnamese surname, "Châu" or "Chu", are both derived from and written with the same Chinese character (周). The character also means "around". Zhōu also stands for other, rare Chinese family names, 舟, 州，and 洲.
Ethnographic map of the Senior jüz in Kazakhstan in the early 20th century, following M. S. Mukanov (1991). [3]Historically, the Senior jüz (Kazakh: Ұлы жүз, ۇلى ءجۇز, romanized: Ūly jüz) inhabited the northern lands of the former Chagatai Ulus of the Mongol Empire, in the Ili River and Chu River basins, in today's South-Eastern Kazakhstan and China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous ...
In fact, the most accurate groundhog, Staten Island Chuck (full name Charles G. Hog), contradicted Phil by predicting an early spring. ... veggies, and tender beef—gets an extra zhuzh of flavor ...
The traditional origin of the surname 張 (Old Chinese: *C. traŋ [1]) is rooted in Chinese legend. The fifth son of the Yellow Emperor , Qing Yangshi ( simplified Chinese : 青 阳 氏 ; traditional Chinese : 青 陽 氏 ; pinyin : Qīng Yángshì ), had a son Hui ( 挥 ; 揮 ; Huī ) who was inspired by the Heavenly Bow constellation ...
Zhuazhou (抓週 – literally, "pick" and "anniversary", meaning "one-year-old catch" ) is a Chinese ritual held at a child's first birthday party, when the child is 1 year, i.e. typically twelve months since birth (although variable reckonings as to what constitutes a year of age for entitlement for zhuazhou exist), old. The parents put ...