Translingual

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Symbol

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chu

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

English

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Etymology 1

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

Interjection

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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[1] (Usenet):
      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[sic] 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[2] (Usenet):
      >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[3] (Usenet):
      movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

See also

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.

Pronoun

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chu

  1. (slang, nonstandard) You.
    Synonym: cha

Chipewyan

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Adverb

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chu

  1. also

Esperanto

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Particle

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chu

  1. H-system spelling of ĉu

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Participle

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

  1. past participle of choir
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Etymology 2

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Contraction of je +‎ suis.

Alternative forms

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Phrase

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chu

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

Garo

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Etymology

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

Noun

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chu

  1. beer, alcohol

Guerrero Amuzgo

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Noun

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chu

  1. year

Hän

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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chu

  1. (Canada) water

Hokkien

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

Japanese

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Romanization

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chu

  1. The hiragana syllable ちゅ (chu) or the katakana syllable チュ (chu) in Hepburn romanization.

Mandarin

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Romanization

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chu (chu5chu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

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

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English chew.

Verb

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chu

  1. chew

Norman

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Adjective

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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
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[4], page 515:
      Tout chu qui vient de flot se retournera d'ebe.
      All that comes with the flood will return with the ebb.

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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chu (plural ndyu)

  1. year

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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)‎[5] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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chu

  1. (of lips) to protrude

Etymology 2

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Romanization

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chu

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
Derived terms
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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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chu

  1. Aspirate mutation of cu.

Mutation

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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.