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珠

zhū

HSK 6 Character Measure word 粒、颗

What 珠 means

1. bead
2. pearl

Example sentences

• 您有圆珠笔吗？
  Do you have a ballpoint pen?
• 她戴很多珠宝。
  She wears a lot of jewelry.
• 我有几支圆珠笔。
  I have some pens.
• 我感觉泪珠盈眶。
  I felt tears come into my eyes.
• 她戴着很多珠宝。
  She's wearing a lot of jewellery.
• 你能用圆珠笔写吗？
  Nǐ néng yòng yuánzhūbǐ xiě ma?
  Would you please write with a ballpoint pen?

Words starting with 珠

• 珠宝zhū bǎopearls; jewels; precious stones
• 珠三角Zhū Sān jiǎoPearl River Delta
• 珠江Zhū jiāngPearl River (Guangdong)
• 珠子zhū zipearl; bead
• 珠峰Zhū fēngMount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗玛峰
• 珠江三角洲Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōuPearl River Delta (PRD)
• 珠海市Zhū hǎi ShìZhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 珠穆朗玛峰Zhū mù lǎng mǎ FēngMount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
• 珠山Zhū shānMount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗玛峰; Zhushan, district of Jingdezhen City 景德镇市
• 珠母zhū mǔmother-of-pearl
• 珠流zhū liúfluent with words; words flowing like pearl beads
• 珠澳Zhū ÀoZhuhai and Macau (abbr. for 珠海
• 珠算zhū suàncalculation using abacus
• 珠茶zhū chágunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed into a small pellet
• 珠山区Zhū shān QūZhushan, a district of Jingdezhen City 景德镇市
• 珠光宝气zhū guāng bǎo qìbedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
• 珠穆朗玛Zhū mù lǎng mǎMount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
• 珠胎暗结zhū tāi àn jiéto get pregnant out of wedlock
• 珠灰zhū huīpearl gray
• 珠玉zhū yùpearls and jades; jewels; clever remark
• 珠圆玉润zhū yuán yù rùnlit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom)…
• 珠玉在侧zhū yù zài cègems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
• 珠崖Zhū yáZhuya, historic name for Hainan Island 海南岛
• 珠箔zhū bócurtain of pearls; screen of beads

Words containing 珠

• 珍珠zhēn zhūpearl; (fig.) teardrop; tear
• 明珠míng zhūpearl; jewel (of great value)
• 圆珠笔yuán zhū bǐballpoint pen
• 眼珠yǎn zhūone's eyes; eyeball
• 泪珠lèi zhūteardrop; tear
• 汗珠hàn zhūbeads of sweat
• 眼珠子yǎn zhū zieyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
• 水珠shuǐ zhūdroplet; dewdrop
• 珍珠港Zhēn zhū GǎngPearl Harbor (Hawaii)
• 露珠lù zhūdewdrop
• 掌上明珠zhǎng shàng míng zhūlit. a pearl in the palm (idiom); fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
• 念珠niàn zhūprayer beads; rosary; rosary beads
• 连珠炮lián zhū pàobarrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
• 佛珠fó zhūBuddhist prayer beads
• 圆珠yuán zhūbead
• 天珠tiān zhūdzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold…
• 弹珠dàn zhūa marble (used in games)
• 采珠cǎi zhūto dive for pearls
• 数珠shù zhūrosary; prayer beads
• 朝珠cháo zhūcourt beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
• 滚珠gǔn zhūbearing ball
• 灯珠dēng zhūLED lamp bead; small light bulb
• 目珠mù zhūeyeball
• 连珠lián zhūjoined as a string of pearls; in rapid succession; alignment

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…
• 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)
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Characters that look like 珠

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

• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Sounds the same

Read zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猪hog; pig; swine
• 诸all; various
• 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
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond