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Meaning

(surname); all; many; various

Chinese: 全部、所有、各种、诸多。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhu” becomes a different word in each tone. 诸 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 诸位zhū wèi(pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs
  • 诸多zhū duō(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
  • 诸如此类zhū rú cǐ lèithings like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc
  • 诸生zhū shēngImperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
  • 诸子zhū zǐvarious sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孙子 and Han Feizi 韩非子, and numerous others

Example Sentence

各位老师,诸位同学,大家好!Gè wèi lǎo shī, zhū wèi tóng xué, dà jiā hǎo!Dear teachers and fellow students, hello everyone!

各位Gè wèieverybody老师lǎo shīteacher诸位zhū wèi(pron) everyone同学tóng xuéto study at the same schoo大家dà jiāeveryonehǎogood