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chǔ

Main
English Definition	distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old); (Chinese surname); abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
Simplified Script	楚
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	chǔ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄔㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	co²
Part of Speech	(专有名) proper noun
Topical Word Lists	Part of society/family/Chinese surnames

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Words With Same Head Word
楚国	chǔguó	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
楚辞	chǔcí	Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)
楚雄	chǔxióng	Chuxiong county level city, capital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州 in central Yunnan
楚楚	chǔchǔ	neat; lovely
楚州	chǔzhōu	Chuzhou district of Huai'an city 淮安市, Jiangsu

Words With Same Tail Word
清清楚楚	qīng qīng chǔchǔ	clear
弄清楚	nòngqīng chǔ	to clarify; to make clear
痛楚	tòngchǔ	pain; anguish; suffering
一清二楚	yī qīng èr chǔ	to be very clear about something (idiom)
酸楚	suānchǔ	disconsolate; forlorn; grievance

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