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Template:Wiktionary Zhou may refer to: Template:TOC right
Chinese history
- Predynastic Zhou (Template:Lang or Template:Lang; Template:C.–Template:C.), the state in modern Shaanxi which established the Zhou dynasty
- Zhou dynasty (Template:Lang; Template:C.–256 BC), a dynasty of China controlling Shaanxi, the North China Plain, and its periphery
- Western Zhou (Template:Lang; Template:C.–771 BC), ruling from present-day Xi'an
- Eastern Zhou (Template:Lang; 770–256 BC), overseeing numerous petty states from present-day Luoyang
- Template:Ill (Template:Lang or Template:Lang; Template:C.–after 580 BC), located in Zhoucheng (present-day Fengxiang District), the fief granted to Duke of Zhou's younger son Duke Ping of Zhou and his descendants, lasting at least until 580 BC under Chu
- Western Zhou (state) (Template:Lang; 440–256 BC), one of the Warring States in modern western Henan
- Eastern Zhou (state) (Template:Lang; 367–249 BC), one of the Warring States in modern eastern Henan
- Northern Zhou (Template:Lang; 557–581), a Xianbei state ruling western China from present-day Xi'an during the Northern and Southern Dynasties
- Wu Zhou (Template:Lang; 690–705), a brief interregnum of the Tang dynasty, ruling from present-day Luoyang
- Later Zhou (Template:Lang; 951–960), briefly ruling most of northern China from Kaifeng during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Zhang Zhou (Template:Lang or Template:Lang; 1354–1357), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
- Great Zhou (Template:Lang; 1678–1681), a state founded by Wu Sangui during the Qing dynasty
People
- King Zhou of Shang (Template:Lang; Template:C.–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty
- Zhou (surname) (Template:Lang), a common Chinese surname, also romanized as Chou
- Chen Yao, a DOTA player who goes by the screenname Zhou
- Zhou Guanyu, an ex-Formula One Driver.
Other uses
- Chinese Zhou-class nuclear submarine, a type of nuclear-powered vessel
- Zhou (administrative division) (Template:Lang), a traditional East Asian administrative division
- Congee, various rice porridges known in Chinese as zhōu (Template:Lang)
- Beta Serpentis, a star also named Zhou