北周

Chinese

		north	encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful
trad. (北周)		北	周
simp. #(北周)		北	周

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ zau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běijhou
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-chou¹
    • Yale: Běi-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijou
    • Palladius: Бэйчжоу (Bɛjčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ zau¹
    • Yale: bāk jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siu⁴⁴/

Proper noun

北周

1. Northern Zhou

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.