Chinese Word Entry

周小川
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄢ
Mandarin (Pinyin): Zhōu Xiǎo chuān
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau1 siu2 cyun1
Definition: Zhou Xiaochuan (1948–), Chinese economist, governor of the People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行〔中国人民银行〕[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2] 2002–2018

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Chinese characters used in this word

circumference, circuit, lap, Zhou dynasty
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓㄡ (zhōu)
Cantonese: zau1
Japanese: シュウ (shuu) / まわ.り (mawari)、 あまねし (amaneshi)、 めぐる (meguru)
Korean: 주 (ju)
Vietnamese: chu
Variants
Semantic variant form:

little, small, tiny, insignificant
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ (xiǎo)
Cantonese: siu2
Japanese: ショウ (shou) / ちい.さい (chiisai)、 こ- (ko-)、 お- (o-)、 さ- (sa-)、 こ (ko)、 お (o)
Korean: 소 (so)
Vietnamese: tiểu

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47), flow, boil
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄨㄢ (chuān)
Cantonese: cyun1
Japanese: セン (sen) / かわ (kawa)
Korean: 천 (cheon)
Vietnamese: xuyên
Variants
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