zhù

to pray for

surname Zhu; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies

ritual (礻) + elder speaking (兄) = to wish and pray

礻 marks anything related to ritual and the divine. 兄 originally depicted an open-mouthed figure — someone speaking aloud — here the elder who voices the prayer.

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Words with 祝

遥祝

yáo zhù

to send good wishes from afar

天祝

tiān zhù

see 天祝藏族自治縣|天祝藏族自治县[Tian1 zhu4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

天祝县

tiān zhù xiàn

see 天祝藏族自治縣|天祝藏族自治县[Tian1 zhu4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

天祝藏族自治县

tiān zhù zàng zú zì zhì xiàn

Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu

庙祝

miào zhù

acolyte in charge of incense in a temple

恭祝

gōng zhù

to congratulate respectfully

庆祝

qìng zhù

to celebrate

庆祝会

qìng zhù huì

celebration

敬祝

jìng zhù

to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant

李祝

lǐ zhù

Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝[Ai1 di4] (892-908), reigned 904-907

梁山伯与祝英台

liáng shān bó yǔ zhù yīng tái

The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

梁祝

liáng zhù

The Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese folktale (abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2])

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