1. zhu - Noun
2. Zhu - Proper noun
zhu (plural zhu or zhus)
(historical) An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China.
Modern research showed the correct number of millet seeds greatly exceeded surviving examples of the zhu in weight, until one tried growing older millet strains for several generations without modern agrochemicals. By the third year, his seeds produced a zhu within about 5% of its known historical value.
zhu (plural zhu or zhus)
(music, historical) An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.
Zhu
A surname from Chinese.
My father was a restaurant man, laundry man in his lifetime. And I've often wondered how and why did I become an actor? Where did I get the so-called talent to express myself? And I look back, and I see that my mother was very animated. I can remember that she used to, what she called 'bei zhu.' James Hong
After Zhao was removed from office Li promoted a conservative socialist economic agenda, but lost influence to incoming vice-premier Zhu Rongji and was unable to prevent the increasing free-market liberalization of the Chinese economy. Source: Internet
An invitation to come back to Qufu was extended to the southern Duke Yansheng Kong Zhu by the Yuan dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan. Source: Internet
After the fall of Fuzhou in October 1646, the Longwu Emperor 's brother Zhu Yuyue fled by sea to Guangzhou. Source: Internet
As of March 20, at least five of the hospital’s staff members had died of the coronavirus, including Li Wenliang (李文亮), Jiang Xueqing (江学庆), Mei Zhongming (梅仲明), Zhu Heping (朱和平) and Liu Li (刘励). Source: Internet
Bristow Family Li Peng is married to Zhu Lin (朱琳), a deputy manager in "a large firm in the south of China". Source: Internet