chou

Other forms of chou

plural

choux

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chou

What does chou mean?

chou means "the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chou?

chou has 1 syllable: chou. In IPA it is /ˈtʃu/.

What is another word for chou?

Close synonyms include Zhou, Zhou dynasty, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chou a common word?

chou is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chou?

3 words rhyme with chou. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.