ōu

used in transliterating non-Chinese words such as Europe, ohm; surname

DEFINITIONS

歐 ōu
  • Europe
  • abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]
  • surname Ou
  • (used for transliteration)
  • old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]

WORDS

芹 ōu qín parsley (Petroselinum sativum)
若拉 ōu ruò lā Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn
萊雅 ōu lái yǎ L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)
蒔蘿 ōu shí luó cumin (Cuminum cyminum)
蝶魚 ōu dié yú plaice
車前 ōu chē qián psyllium (genus Plantago)
里庇得斯 ōu lǐ bì dé sī Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc
金斑鴴 ōu jīn bān héng (bird species of China) European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
金翅雀 ōu jīn chì què (bird species of China) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
陽 ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang
陽予倩 ōu yáng yú qiàn Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor
陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
陽詢 ōu yáng xún Ouyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
鴿 ōu gē (bird species of China) stock dove (Columba oenas)
瑪俐 mǎ lì ōu Mario (Nintendo video game character); also transcribed variously as 馬里奧|马里奥[Ma3 li3 ao4], 馬力歐|马力欧[Ma3 li4 ou1] etc
皺葉芹 zhòu yè ōu qín curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
泉 bì ōu quán Biotherm (brand name)
穆罕默德・瑪 mù hǎn mò dé ・ ōu mǎ Mullah Mohammad Omar (1959-), Taliban leader, Afghan head of state 1996-2001
mǐ ōu mu (Greek letter Μμ)
紮翁 zā ōu zā wēng name of village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet
羅密 luó mì ōu Romeo (name)
羅密與朱麗葉 luó mì ōu yǔ zhū lì yè Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
měi ōu US and EU; America-Europe
脫亞入 tuō yà rù ōu to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe; refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
tuō ōu to withdraw from the European Union; abbr. for 脫離歐盟|脱离欧盟