chu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chu"

Translingual

Symbol

chu

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

English

Etymology

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

Interjection

chu

(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:
  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:
  >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:
  movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

Anagrams

UHC, cuh, huc

Esperanto

Particle

chu

H-system spelling of ĉu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃy/

Etymology 1

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

Participle

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

past participle of choir

Related terms

déchu

Etymology 2

Contraction of je +‎ suis.

Alternative forms

chui, chuis, j'suis

Phrase

chu

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

Garo

Etymology

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

Noun

chu

beer, alcohol

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

chu

year

Hän

Alternative forms

chuu (Alaska)

Noun

chu

(Canada) water

Japanese

Romanization

chu

Rōmaji transcription of ちゅ
Rōmaji transcription of チュ

Mandarin

Romanization

chu (chu⁵ / chu⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

Nonstandard spelling of chū.
Nonstandard spelling of chú.
Nonstandard spelling of chǔ.
Nonstandard spelling of chù.

Usage notes

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 Nan

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

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English chew.

Verb

chu

chew

Norman

Adjective

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

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

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃṳ˧/

Noun

chu (plural ndyu)

year

Derived terms

chu jndyo

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cʊw˧˧]

Verb

chu

(of lips) to protrude

Romanization

chu

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 周

Derived terms

bách chu niên (百周年, “centenary”)
chỉn chu (“meticulous”)
chu cấp (周給, “to financially support”)
chu du (周遊, “to travel around”)
chu đáo (周到, “attentive”)
chu kì, chu kỳ (周期, “period; cycle”)
chu tất (周悉, “meticulously”)
chu toàn (周全, “thoroughly; to care for”)
chu trình (周程, “cycle; routine”)
chu vi (周圍, “circumference”)
đẳng chu (等周, “isometric”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /χɨː/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /χiː/
Homophone: chi (South Wales only)

Adjective

chu

Aspirate mutation of cu.

Mutation

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.