wu

plural wus

1. historicalA Chinese shaman.

1. Suzhou, a city in southern Jiangsu province in China, whence:
   1. historicalA county of imperial and Republican China around Suzhou.

      Synonyms: Wuxian, Wuhsien, Wu-hsien

   2. historicalA commandery of imperial China around Suzhou.

      Synonyms: Wujun, Wu-chun

2. A historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence:
   1. The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.

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      Linguists say the Wu dialect widely spoken in Shanghai, to take one prominent example, shares only about 31 percent lexical similarity with Mandarin, or roughly the same as English and French. The encounter at the Datian market began when the dumpling seller approached the foreigner with a phrase that sounded like "goodbye" in the Wu dialect. Knowing it must mean something else, the foreigner guessed she was asking his name, and provided it, producing a laugh from the woman who explained, switching to Mandarin, that she had asked if he had eaten lately.

      2005 July 10, Howard W. French, “Uniting China to Speak Mandarin, the One Official Language: Easier Said Than Done”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2017, World

   2. historicalThe kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty.

      The finest private gardens were built in Suzhou, a graceful old city with a network of canals and a cultured ambiance. It was founded in the sixth century B.C. as the capital of the kingdom of Wu and flourished as a center of trade and scholarship under successive dynasties.

      1984 June 3, Christopher S. Wren, “WHERE THE CHINESE GARDEN BLOOMS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Travel

      Synonyms: Gou Wu, Gouwu, Gong Wu, Gongwu

   3. A common surname from Chinese
   4. historicalThe kingdom ruled by the Sun family from Ezhou and Nanjing during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.

      I deeply regretted having to miss seeing Hsing-ping, a very old town built by the ruler of the Wu Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period of the third century.

      1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155

      Synonyms: Dong Wu, Dongwu, Eastern Wu, Sun Wu

   5. historicalThe kingdom ruled by Li Zitong from Yangzhou and Hangzhou during the interregnum following China's Sui dynasty.
   6. historicalThe kingdom ruled by the Yang family from Yangzhou during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.

      Synonyms: Huainan, Hongnong, Southern Wu, Yang Wu

   7. historicalThe kingdom ruled by the Qian family from Hangzhou and Shaoxing during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.

      Synonyms: Wuyue

1. A surname from Chinese.
2. historicalAn epithet of numerous kings and emperors in Chinese history who were honored with variants of the posthumous name Wuwang or Wudi.

1. A river in Guizhou, China, a tributary of the Yangtze.
2. A surname from Chinese.

1. A river in Hunan, China, a tributary of the Yuan.
2. A surname from Chinese.

1. A river in Hunan, China, a tributary of the Yuan.

1. A surname from Chinese.

1. A surname from Chinese.

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