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侏

zhū

Character

What 侏 means

1. dwarf

Example sentences

• 从前有个侏儒住在森林里。
  Cóngqián yǒu gè zhūrú zhù zài sēnlín lǐ.
  Once upon a time there was a dwarf that lived in the forest.
• 事实上，投掷侏儒是奥运会的运动项目。
  Shìshíshàng, tóuzhì zhūrú shì àoyùnhuì de yùndòng xiàngmù.
  Indeed, dwarf tossing is an Olympic sport!
• "侏儒流氓"是德国导演韦纳荷索在一九七零年的一部电影。
  Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.
• 他在一家科学机构工作，在那里有语言学家，文学学者，历史学家，社会学家，经济学家和其他学者探讨一切有关侏儒的事。
  Tā zài yījiā kēxué jīgòu gōngzuò, zài nàli yǒu yǔyánxuéjiā, wénxué xuézhě, lìshǐxuéjiā, shèhuìxué jiā, jīngjìxuéjiā hé qítā xuézhě tàntǎo yīqiè yǒuguān zhūrú de shì.
  He works at a scientific institute where linguists, literature scholars, historians, sociologists, economists, and other scholars investigate everything that has to do with gnomes.

Words starting with 侏

• 侏儒zhū rúdwarf; pygmy; small person
• 侏罗Zhū luóJura mountains of eastern France and extending into Switzerland
• 侏儒症zhū rú zhèngpituitary dwarfism
• 侏罗纪Zhū luó jìJurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago)
• 侏儒仓鼠zhū rú cāng shǔdwarf hamster
• 侏蓝仙鹟zhū lán xiān wēng(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)

Words containing 侏

• 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔCampbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)

Characters built on 朱

These share the phonetic component 朱 (zhū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 殊shū(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Characters that look like 侏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 恒héngpermanent; constant; fixed
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 佚yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive

Sounds the same

Read zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猪hog; pig; swine
• 诸all; various
• 珠bead; pearl
• 株tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 朱vermilion
• 诛to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 茱used in 茱萸
• 铢twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 蛛(bound form) spider
• 洙name of a river
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 潴pool; pond