ju

J8U1
/d͡ʒuː/

noun

Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.

Similar
Juzhou
Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

ju1

nounju (plural not attested)
  1. Hong Kongno pluralslangSomeone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.

Ju2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. historicalA former prefecture of imperial China centered on Juzhou in what is now Guizhou Province.
  3. A county of Rizhao, Shandong, China.
    1 more example

    Among the various Neolithic inscriptions found on pottery vessels and other artifacts that contain astronomical information, the most significant ones are probably those found on ceremonial pottery vessels of the Dàwénkǒu culture (c. -4300 to -1900) unearthed in 1959 at Língyánghé 陵陽河 in Jǔ 莒 county in the Shāndōng 山東 province as illustrated in Figure 46.²¹²

    中華早期自然科學之再研討

    [1996, Chen Cheng-Yih [程貞一], “Early Chinese Work in Astronomy”, in Early Chinese Work in Natural Science: A Re-examination of the Physics of Motion, Acoustics, Astronomy and Scientific Thoughts [中華早期自然科學之再研討], Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 173

Ju3

proper noun
  1. Hong KongabbreviationclippingslangClipping of JUPAS.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
Juzhou

Origin

  1. Chinese矩州“Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”
  2. EnglishJu

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

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APA

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MLA

“ju.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ju. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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