fu

1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of fuck you.

plural fus

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of flux unit.

1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

1. informaluncountablekung fu

   But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.

   1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of -fu.

   UNIX fu

1. Japaneseboard gamesAdditional points based on melds and pairs awarded to low-value hands.

plural Fus

1. A surname from Chinese.

1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

   He immediately went to Fengxian to care for his wife and children. Fearing for their safety, he moved them to Fuzhou (modern Fu county, Shaanxi).

   1996, David R. Knechtges, “The Poetry of Du Fu (Tu Fu)”, in Ian P. McGreal, editor, Great Literature of the Eastern World, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80, column 1

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   The battle of Chihlo, south-west of Fu county, was the last major engagement in which the Central Red Army took part after its arrival in October and in which one of the enemy divisions was completely annihilated.

   1954, Mao Tse-tung, Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, volume 1, Bombay: People's Publishing House, →OCLC, page 316

   Mao's early career also illustrates his ability to alternate upsurges of optimistic advance with calculated retreats and cold pragmatism. One reason why flexibility and pragmatism were so important was the tendency of Mao's comrades to implement orthodox Russian Marxism without making allowance for important differences between Russian and Chinese conditions. Mao complained of such colleagues that "what a man has learnt in Yenan [in theoretical classes] he doesn't know how to apply in Fu county."

   1977, Dick Wilson, editor, Mao Tse-tung in the Scales of History: a Preliminary Assessment, Cambridge University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177

   Smoked Painting in Fu County originated from dish rack – a type of ancient folk ornamental artifact in Fu County. Dish rack is a piece of furniture which different rural counties in the south of Yan’an use as a tiled jar to place rice, flour, and tableware. It is similar to today’s kitchen cabinet in function.

   2017 December 22, “Top ten artifacts in Shaanxi”, in The Government Website of Shaanxi Province, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023

   The Bailong Temple in Yan’an-administered Fu county fell victim to the government’s persecution. The Buddhist Guanyin Temple, the folk religion Zushi Temple, and three other folk religion temples in the district were also demolished one after another in the second half of 2019. In Yan’an-administered Fu county, Bailong Temple was destroyed, while numerous folk religion temples were shut down.

   2020 August 24, Xiaolu Zhou, “Numerous Temples Shuttered in Two Shaanxi Province’s Cities”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2020

   Clad in a safety helmet and work overalls, 54-year-old Tang Keqi goes each morning to the construction site of Fuxian County power plant in Yan’an City. Surrounded by dump trucks amid the hum of electric powered engines, he oversees the 2,000 or more workers on the site.

   [2021 September 1, MA LI, “New Drivers of Yan'an's Development”, in China Today, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2021

2. A surname from Chinese

plural FUs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of follow-up.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablehobbiesInitialism of fine used (in stamp descriptions).

1. abbreviationvulgarAbbreviation of fuck you.

   Rodney’s English was pretty basic that first year, but, according to Elesin, their face said FU, no translation needed.

   2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 133