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宙

zhòu

HSK 6 Character

What 宙 means

1. eternity
2. geologyeon

Example sentences

• 但宇宙无限。
  But the universe is infinite.
• 宇宙浩瀚无边。
  Yǔzhòu hàohàn wúbiān.
  The universe is limitless.
• 宇宙何以开端？
  What is the origin of the universe?
• 宇宙无穷无尽。
  The universe is endless.
• 宇宙是怎样形成的？
  Yǔzhòu shì zěnyàng xíngchéng de?
  How was the universe formed?
• 宇宙里是没有空气的。
  Yǔzhòu lǐ shì méiyǒu kōngqì de.
  There is no air in space.

Words starting with 宙

• 宙斯Zhòu sīZeus
• 宙斯盾战斗系统Zhòu sī dùn Zhàn dòu Xì tǒngAegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)

Words containing 宙

• 宇宙yǔ zhòuuniverse; cosmos; space
• 宇宙飞船yǔ zhòu fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
• 元古宙Yuán gǔ zhòupre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)
• 元宇宙yuán yǔ zhòu(computing) metaverse
• 太古宙Tài gǔ zhòuArchaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)
• 宇宙学yǔ zhòu xuécosmology
• 宇宙线yǔ zhòu xiàncosmic ray
• 宇宙号Yǔ zhòu hàoKosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently…
• 宇宙观yǔ zhòu guānworld view; conception of the universe
• 隐生宙yǐn shēng zhòuCryptozoic; geological eon before the appearance of abundant fossils…
• 显生宙Xiǎn shēng zhòuPhanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武纪
• 多元宇宙duō yuán yǔ zhòumultiverse (cosmology)
• 宇宙射线yǔ zhòu shè xiàncosmic ray
• 宇宙速度yǔ zhòu sù dùescape velocity
• 平行宇宙píng xíng yǔ zhòuparallel universe

Characters built on 由

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

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel

Characters that look like 宙

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

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 宜yíproper; should; suitable
• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 尝chángto taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I

Sounds the same

Read zhòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骤sudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 昼daytime
• 皱to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 咒incantation; magic spell; curse
• 绉crepe; wrinkle
• 胄helmet; descendants
• 纣crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
• 甃brickwork of well
• 酎strong wine
• 㑇(old) beautiful; clever
• 㤘(dialect) stubborn
• 咮beak of bird; peck at