Chow

Chow

Chow may refer to:

  • Chowgums, an interjection
  • Chow Chow, a dog breed
  • Chow-chow, djana
  • Chow (unit), an obsolete unit of mass in the pearl trade in Mumbai
  • Chow, an alternate name for the star Beta Serpentis
  • An English-phonetic spelling of ciao
  • Chowhound, a popular online food discussion site
  • Mr. Chow, an upscale Chinese restaurant chain
  • A slang term for food in general (such as in the terms "chow down" or "chow hall")
  • The main Wade-Giles spelling of the Chinese surname 周, see Zhou
  • Chow or Chow-chow a pickled vegetable dish


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  • Chow — steht für: Beta Serpentis, Stern im Sternbild Schlange Chow ist der Familienname folgender Personen: China Chow (* 1974), britische Schauspielerin Chow Minchen (1918–1996), chinesischer Paläontologe, siehe Zhou Mingzhen Chow Yun Fat (* 1955),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Chow — puede referirse a: Chow, nombre de la estrella Beta Serpentis, en la constelación de Serpens. G.C. Chow, autor de un libro sobre econometría. Chow chow Un relish elaborado con diferentes verduras. Botánicos y sus abreviaciones científicas… …   Wikipedia Español

  • chow — ► NOUN 1) informal, chiefly N. Amer. food. 2) (also chow chow) a Chinese breed of dog with a tail curled over its back, a bluish black tongue, and a thick coat. ► VERB (chow down) N. Amer. informal ▪ eat. ORIGIN shortened from chow chow, a pidgin …   English terms dictionary

  • chow — or chow chow [chou] n. [< Chin dial. form akin to Cantonese kaú, a dog] 1. any of a breed of medium sized dog, originally from China, with a thick, dark coat and a blue black tongue: official name chow chow ☆ 2. Slang food or mealtime vi. ☆… …   English World dictionary

  • chow — food, 1856, Amer.Eng. (originally in California), from Chinese pidgin Eng. chow chow (1795) food, reduplication of Chinese cha or tsa mixed. The dog breed of the same name is from 1886, of unknown origin, but some suggest a link to the Chinese… …   Etymology dictionary

  • chów — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. chowu, Mc. chowie, blm {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} chowanie, hodowanie zwierząt w celach użytkowych (na sprzedaż, na mięso itp.); hodowla, wychów : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Chów bydła rzeźnego, krów, świń, kaczek. Zajmować… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Chow — Chow, n. [Chin. chou.] 1. A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. a breed of thick coated medium sized dogs with fluffy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • CHOW-FM — is a new Canadian radio station, scheduled to launch in 2008 in Amos, Quebec. Licensed by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission in October 2007 [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007 418.htm CRTC… …   Wikipedia

  • Chow — /chow/; Chin. /joh/, n. Chou. /chow/, n. Australian Disparaging. a Chinese. [1870 75; special use of CHOW1] * * * …   Universalium

  • -chow — chow …   Dictionnaire des rimes

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