| 周 | zhōu | week; weeklyto make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially; surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) |
| 周围 | zhōu wéi | nvironment; to encompass; surroundings; environment |
| 周期 | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 圆周 | yuán zhōu | circumference |
| 周年 | zhōu nián | anniversary; annual |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around |
| 周长 | zhōu cháng | ircumference; perimeter; circumference |
| 周转 | zhōu zhuǎn | turnover (in cash or personnel); to have enough resources to cover a need; also written 周转 |
| 西周 | Xī Zhōu | Western Zhou (1027-771 BC) |
| 周期性 | zhōu qī xìng | periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity |
| 周密 | zhōu mì | careful; thorough |
| 周刊 | zhōu kān | weekly publication; weekly |
| 周到 | zhōu dao | thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough |
| 众所周知 | zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī | see 众所周知; as everyone knows (idiom) |
| 周家 | zhōu jiā | the Zhou family (household, firm etc); Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art |
| 北周 | Běi Zhōu | the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581); one of the Northern Dynasties |
| 周旋 | zhōu xuán | to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend |
| 周书 | Zhōu shū | History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 50 scrolls |
| 圆周率 | yuán zhōu lǜ | the circular ratio; pi = 3.1415926 |
| 周边 | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; also written 周边 |
| 周而复始 | zhōu ér fù shǐ | lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle |
| 周岁 | zhōu suì | one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 周身 | zhōu shēn | whole body |
| 周知 | zhōu zhī | well known |
| 周期函数 | zhōu qī hán shù | periodic function |
| 庄周 | Zhuāng Zhōu | same as Zhuangzi 庄子 (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
| 周勃 | Zhōu Bó | Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han |
| 周易 | zhōu yì | another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易经 |
| 东周 | dōng zhōu | Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) |
| 周瑜 | Zhōu Yú | Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff; in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang |
| 后周 | Hòu Zhōu | Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封 |
| 周折 | zhōu zhé | complication; twists and turns; problem; setback |
| 周游 | zhōu yóu | o travel around; o travel around; to travel around; to tour; to cross |
| 周至 | Zhōu zhì | Zhouzhi county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi |
| 周报 | zhōu bào | weekly paper; magazine |
| 周武王 | Zhōu Wǔ wáng | King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC |
| 一周 | yī zhōu | one week; all the way around; a whole cycle |
| 上周 | shàng zhōu | last week |
| 下周 | xià zhōu | next week |
| 不周 | bù zhōu | not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate |
| 不周山 | Bù zhōu Shān | Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend |
| 不周延 | bù zhōu yán | undistributed |
| 亚洲周刊 | Yà zhōu Zhōu kān | Asiaweek (current affairs magazine) |
| 元素周期表 | yuán sù zhōu qī biǎo | periodic table |
| 北京周报 | Běi jīng zhōu bào | Beijing Review |
| 千周 | qiān zhōu | kilohertz; kHz |
| 南方周末 | Nán fāng Zhōu mò | Southern Weekend (newspaper) |
| 周一岳 | Zhōu Yī yuè | York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004 |
| 周三径一 | zhōu sān jìng yī | circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius |
