TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

chu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old Church Slavonic.

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

InterjectionEdit

chu

  1. (anime and manga fandom slang) The sound of a kiss.
    • 1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon, Usenet[1]:
      By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."
    • 2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet[2]:
      >Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending.

      <chu!>
      Seems fine to me. ^_^
    • 2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet[3]:
      movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

See alsoEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

EsperantoEdit

ParticleEdit

chu

  1. H-system spelling of ĉu

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French cheü, chaü, from Vulgar Latin *cadūtus, past participle for Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

ParticipleEdit

chu (feminine chue, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chues)

  1. past participle of choir
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Contraction of je +‎ suis.

Alternative formsEdit

PhraseEdit

chu

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) I am
    Chu vraiment tanné, là!
    I'm real fed up!

GaroEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

chu

  1. beer, alcohol

Guerrero AmuzgoEdit

NounEdit

chu

  1. year

HänEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

chu

  1. (Canada) water

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

chu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゅ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of チュ

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

chu (chu5 / chu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of chū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of chú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of chǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of chù.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min NanEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of chu – see (“book; codex; letter; document; etc.”).
(This character, chu, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

Nigerian PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English chew.

VerbEdit

chu

  1. chew

NormanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

chu (masculine before vowel chut, feminine chute, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chutes)

  1. (France, Jersey) this
    Je le viyis chu jouo quaund je feus à la feireI saw him that day as I went to the fair

San Pedro Amuzgos AmuzgoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

chu (plural ndyu)

  1. year

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎[4] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

chu

  1. (of lips) to protrude

Etymology 2Edit

RomanizationEdit

chu

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
Derived termsEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

chu

  1. Aspirate mutation of cu.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cu gu nghu chu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.