noun
zhou
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noun
1
A thick rice porridge, also called congee, eaten across China and other parts of Asia, often for breakfast.
"We had a bowl of hot zhou with pickled vegetables for breakfast."
How to Use Zhou
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA savoury rice porridge, commonly known in English as congee.
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Etymology
From the Mandarin word zhōu.