Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- chǔ
- Chǔ
English
- name of feudal state
- surname Chu
- distinct
- clear
- abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together
- clear
- Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- orderly
- pain
- suffering
- deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
- punishment cane (old)
- name adopted by various states in ancient China, usually transliterated as "Chu" ----
- an alternative name for the Hunan and Hubei area ----
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Chor"
粵語
- 古代中國國名、國號用字，例如春秋戰國時代楚國
- 地方名，現時湖北及湖南一帶
- 姓
As a component in
Words containing 楚
- 清楚cing1 co2
clear
- 痛楚tung3 co2
pain
- 苦楚fu2 co2
suffering
- 翹楚kiu4 co2
person of outstanding talent
- 酸楚syun1 co2
disconsolate
- 清清楚楚cing1 cing1 co2 co2
to be crystal clear; to be absolutely clear; loud and clear
- 清清楚楚cing1 cing1 co2 co2
to be crystal clear; to be absolutely clear; loud and clear
- 一清二楚jat1 cing1 ji6 co2
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
- 搞清楚gaau2 cing1 co2
to figure out, to understand clearly
- 棘楚gik1 co2
thorny problem
- 楚國co2 gwok3
the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- 楚軍co2 gwan1
- 巴楚baa1 co2
see 巴楚縣|巴楚县[Ba1 chu3 Xian4]
- 萇楚coeng4 co2
plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
- 四面楚歌sei3 min6 co2 go1
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
- 不清楚bat1 cing1 co2
unclear
- 吳楚ng4 co2
southern states of Wu and Chu
- 清楚地cing1 co2 dei6
clearly [written]
- 楚雄co2 hung4
see 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
- 年楚河nin4 co2 ho4
Nyang qu or Nian chu River in Tibet, a tributary of Yarlung Tsangpo
- 楚楚co2 co2
neat
- 楚楚co2 co2
neat
- 頭腦清楚tau4 nou5 cing1 co2
lucid
- 楚辭co2 ci4
Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]