Word: 朱元璋 (zhūyuánzhāng) 朱元璋 dictionary entry zhūyuánzhāng Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] Full dictionary entry for 朱元璋 Example sentences using 朱元璋 2 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 朱元璋小时候家里很穷。 Zhū Yuánzhāng xiǎoshíhou jiālǐ hěn qióng. Zhu Yuanzhang's family was very poor when he was a child. 朱元璋建立了明朝，定都南京。 Zhū Yuánzhāng jiànlìle míngcháo, dìngdū Nánjīng. Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming dynasty and made Nanjing its capital.