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Zhou

British  
/ dʒəʊ /

noun

  1. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Chou

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Higher electricity tariffs and food prices will likely be offset by lower transport costs as fuel prices decline, ANZ economists Vicky Xiao Zhou and Zhaopeng Xing said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"In our tests with ambient air, we were able to extract 97 milligrams of CO2 with one gram of material," explains Zhou Dong, a postdoctoral researcher in Mezzenga's group and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Study co-author Peng Zhou said witnessing the whale graveyard "was a truly incredible experience".

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Ma is now in Miami for a 10-day officials' camp, where he is joined by two other Chinese representatives, assistant referee Zhou Fei and video assistant referee Fu Ming.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

The recorded history of China’s Zhou Dynasty, from 1100 to 221 B.C., describes the conquest and absorption of most of China’s non-Chinese-speaking population by Chinese-speaking states.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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