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Usage of the character 株

zhū
[株]
  • tree trunk
  • stump (tree root)
  • a plant
  • classifier for trees or plants
  • strain (biology)
  • to involve others (in shady business)
cánzhū
残株
[殘株]
  • stubble
dúzhū
毒株
[毒株]
  • (virus) strain
zhūzhì
株治
[株治]
  • to involve others (in a law case)
bìngzhū
病株
[病株]
  • diseased or infected plant
zhūjù
株距
[株距]
  • spacing
  • distance between plants (within a row)
zhūlián
株连
[株連]
  • to involve others (in a crime)
  • guilt by association
zhūshǒu
株守
[株守]
  • to stick to sth stubbornly
  • never let go
Zhūzhōu
株洲
[株洲]
  • Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan
zhízhū
植株
[植株]
  • plant (horticulture)
Zhūzhōuxiàn
株洲县
[株洲縣]
  • Zhuzhou county in Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan
tūbiànzhū
突变株
[突變株]
  • mutant
  • mutant strain (of virus)
biànyìzhū
变异株
[變異株]
  • variant
  • variant strain (of virus)
Zhūzhōushì
株洲市
[株洲市]
  • Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan
liúxíngzhū
流行株
[流行株]
  • epidemic strain
yìzhūqiánmá
异株荨麻
[異株蕁麻]
  • common nettle (Urtica dioica)
shǒuzhūdàitù
守株待兔
[守株待兔]
  • lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  • to wait idly for opportunities
  • to trust to chance rather than show initiative
zhūshìhuìshè
株式会社
[株式會社]
  • Japanese limited company
  • corporation
  • public company
  • Ltd
  • p.l.c.
  • Corp
  • Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
shǒuzhūyuánmù
守株缘木
[守株緣木]
  • abbr. for 守株待兔,緣木求魚/守株待兔,缘木求鱼 (shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú)
shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú
守株待兔,缘木求鱼
[守株待兔,緣木求魚]
  • to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action