English

Alternative forms

• Zo

Proper noun

Zou

1. An indigenous people living along the frontier of India and Burma.

Dutch

Verb

zou

1. singular past indicative of zullen

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsəʊ/

  Rhymes: -əʊ

Adverb

zou

1. closed, shut

Derived terms

• zoumaachen

Mandarin

Romanization

zou

1. Nonstandard spelling of zōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zòu.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.