zhū char. vermilion; scarlet, bright red.
The Chinese word zhu - 猪 - zhū (pig in Chinese)
zhu (plural zhu or zhus) (historical) An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China.
Meaning:upright. Zhu as a boy's name is of Chinese origin. Zhu means "upright".
Zhù (Chinese: 祝) is a Chinese surname. (Chuk or Chok in Cantonese), meaning 'wizard', 'prayers', or 'to pray' in ancient Chinese.
Zhu means "swine" and Bajie means "eight precepts". Prior to his being recruited by the bodhisattva, Guanyin, Zhu Bajie went by "Zhu Ganglie" (literally "Strong-Maned Pig"). Buddhist scholars consider that both expressions are related to "Śīla pāramitā".
ZHU is of Chinese heritage and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Shuizhu (Chinese: 水煮; pinyin: shǔizhǔ, [ʂwěɪ ʈʂù ɻôʊ pʰjɛ̂n]) is a Chinese dish which originated from the cuisine of Sichuan province and the name literally means "water boiled (meat)".
Zhu is the pinyin romanization of five Chinese surnames: 朱, 祝, 竺, 猪 and 諸.
阻滞 Trad. 阻滯 zǔ zhì to clog up silted up.
主子 zhǔ zi. Master (term used by servant) Your Majesty operator (of machine)
According to the data, Zhu is ranked #1,694 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
Pigs (sometimes called “suids” of the suidae family) have long played an important part in Chinese culture. Pigs symbolize good fortune and happiness as they seem to live a care-free existence and have a long relationship with the humans who have seen them this way.
zhù to live to dwell to stay to reside to stop (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
Zu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 祖 in Chinese character. It is romanized Tsu in Wade–Giles. It is listed 249th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.
Correct Pronunciation of Nguyen
N'win/Ng'win: One syllable. Ng'win is closest to the correct Vietnamese pronunciation. Noo-yen/Ngoo-yen: Two syllables. Nuh-goo-yen: Three syllables.
"Nguyễn" is the transcription of the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the character 阮 (Middle Chinese pronunciation: [ŋʉɐnX], lit. 'a string instrument that is plucked'). The same Chinese character is often romanized as Ruǎn in Mandarin and as Yuen in Cantonese.
Nguyễn is derived from a Chinese surname. Nguyễn is the Vietnamese transliteration of the Chinese surname (阮), which is often transliterated as Ruan in Mandarin, Yuen in Cantonese, Gnieuh /ɲɥø˩˧/ in Wu Chinese, or Nguang in Hokchew. Many events in Vietnamese history have contributed to the name's prominence.