周朝

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
trad. (周朝)		周	朝
simp. ^#(周朝)		周	朝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōucháo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ ciu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chû-chhèu
Eastern Min (BUC): Ciŭ-dièu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Chiu-tiâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziu¹ ciou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōucháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡㄔㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhoucháo
  - Wade–Giles: Chou¹-chʻao²
  - Yale: Jōu-cháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jouchaur
  - Palladius: Чжоучао (Čžoučao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau¹ ciu⁴
  - Yale: jāu chìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ tsiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ qiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chû-chhèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ ceu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹ ceu²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴ t͡sʰeu̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ciŭ-dièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵ ^(t-)lieu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiu-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: Tsiu-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciu'diaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³ tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² tiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziu¹ ciou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiu tshiôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiou⁵⁵/

Proper noun

周朝

the Zhou dynasty
秦原是周朝的一個諸侯國。 [MSC, trad.]
秦原是周朝的一个诸侯国。 [MSC, simp.]
Qín yuánshì Zhōucháo de yī ge zhūhóuguó. [Pinyin]
Qin was originally a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

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