Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Ideophonic.

Noun edit

ちゅう or チュウ or チュー (chū

  1. (somewhat childish) a kiss
    Synonyms: キス (kisu), 口付け (kuchizuke), 接吻 (seppun)

Verb edit

ちゅうする or チュウする or チューする (chū surusuru (stem ちゅう (chūsuru shi), past ちゅうした (chūsuru shita))

  1. to kiss, smooch
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Onomatopoeia.

Noun edit

ちゅう (chū

  1. a squeak (sound made by mice)
  2. a chirp (sound made by small birds)
  3. sound made by sucking liquid
Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

ちゅう (chū

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3 edit

⟨to2 ipu⟩ → */tipu//t͡sifu//t͡ɕɨu//t͡ɕuː/

Shift from Old Japanese と言ふ (to ipu → to iu). Compare てふ (tepu)ちょう (chō).

Phrase edit

ちゅう (chūちふ (tifu)?

  1. (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1170:
      , text here
      佐左(ささ)(なみ)()連庫山(なみくらやま)()(くも)居者(ゐれば)(あめ)()(ふる)智否(ちふ)(かへり)()(わが)() [Man'yōgana]
      楽浪(ささなみ)連庫山(なみくらやま)(くも)()れば(あめ)()ちふ(かへ)()()() [Modern spelling]
      Sasanami no Namikura-yama ni kumo ireba ame zo furu chū kaeri ko waga se
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Etymology 4 edit

Readings of various kanji.

For pronunciation and definitions of ちゅう – see the following entries.
1
[noun] the middle, medium
[noun] an average, neither good nor poor mark
[noun] the second volume of a three-volume set
[affix] center, middle
[affix] medium, intermediate, middle(-level)
[affix] neutral, middle
[affix] within (a specific range)
[affix] among (friends, company, etc.)
[affix] hitting (the center, mark, etc.)
[affix] Short for 中国 (Chūgoku): China, Chinese
[affix] Short for 中学生 (chūgakusei): junior high school student
[suffix] during..., being in the process of doing...
6
[noun] mid-air
3
[noun] annotation, note
Alternative spelling
J
[proper noun] the Ox, the second of the twelve Earthly Branches
(This term, ちゅう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ちゅう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちゅう.)

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