Tchou
English edit
Proper noun edit
Tchou
- Alternative form of Zhou
- 1889, Charles Taze Russell, The Time Is At Hand[1], Allegheny, PA: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, published 1907, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
- Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity. In the history of China, it brings us to the Tchou dynasty, where the events of Chinese history "begin to be more trustworthy."
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Chinese [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tchou ?
- (very rare) a French surname from Chinese
- Claude Tchou, b. 1923
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