Chau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chau"

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Doublet of Zhou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃaʊ/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Chau (plural Chaus)

1. A surname.
2. Alternative form of Zhou
   • 1849 August, “Annals of Confucius; or Chronology and Geography of the Chun Ts'iu”, in The Chinese Repository‎^[1], volume XVIII, number 8, →OCLC, page 397:

     9. Kingdom of Yen 燕
     Táking situated in lat. 39° 54' N., long. 116° 28' E., one of the districts of Shuntien fú in Chihlí, now occupies the site of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Yen, the most northern part of the empire under the reign of the Chau dynasty.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chau is the 2181^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16667 individuals. Chau is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.44%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Auch, HUAC

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of Chau – see 鄒 (“Zou; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 鄒).