Chow

1 the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism [syn: Zhou, Zhou dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow dynasty]

2 informal terms for a meal [syn: chuck, eats, grub]

3 breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China [syn: chow chow]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

chow

1. Food, especially snacks.
2. Animal food, especially that of cats and dogs.
3. A Chinese breed of dog, frequently known as chow chow. See the Wikipedia entry.
4. A twelfth-century Chinese dynasty, alternatively romanized as Zhou or Chou.

Translations

Chow may refer to:

• Chow Chow, a dog breed
• Chow-chow, the food
• An obsolete unit of mass in the pearl trade in Mumbai (see buddam)
• Chow, an alternate name for the star Beta Serpentis
• An English-phonetic spelling of ciao
• Food in general (such as in the terms "chow down" or "chow hall")
• A variant of the Chinese surname 周, see Zhou
  • China Chow, British actress
  • Chow, a character in the television show "Jackie Chan Adventures"
  • Chow Yun Fat, Chinese actor
  • Michael Chow, restaurateur
  • Stephen Chow, writer, director, and actor
  • Tina Chow, deceased model
  • Ven Te Chow Ph.D. US hydrologist.
  • Vivian Chow, Chinese singer
  • Wei-Liang Chow, mathematician who worked in algebraic geometry