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吴

Wú

Character Traditional 吳

What 吴 means

1. surname Wu
2. area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
3. name of states in southern China at different historical periods

Example sentences

• 吴语的方言差异很大。
  Different variants of Shanghainese differ greatly with each other.
• 我会普通话、西南官话、吴语和西班牙语。
  Wǒ huì pǔtōnghuà, xīnán guānhuà, Wúyǔ hé Xībānyáyǔ.
  I can speak Standard Chinese (Putonghua), Southwestern Mandarin, Wu Chinese, and Spanish.

Words starting with 吴

• 吴国Wú guóWu state (in south China, in different historical periods)…
• 吴仪Wú YíWu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
• 吴越Wú Yuèstates of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
• 吴晗Wú HánWu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his…
• 吴三桂Wú Sān guìWu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them…
• 吴子Wú zǐWuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书
• 吴尊Wú ZūnWu Zun or Chun Wu (1979-), Bruneian actor, vocalist of Fei Lun Hai (Fahrenheit)
• 吴广Wú GuǎngWu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising…
• 吴旗Wú qíWuqi town and county, Shaanxi; old spelling of Wuqi 吴起
• 吴楚Wú Chǔsouthern states of Wu and Chu; the middle and lower Yangtze valley
• 吴用Wú YòngWu Yong, character of 水浒传
• 吴县Wú xiànWu county in Jiangsu
• 吴语Wú yǔWu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
• 吴起Wú QǐWu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period…
• 吴中区Wú zhōng QūWuzhong, a district of Suzhou City 苏州市
• 吴仁宝Wú Rén bǎoWu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 华西村
• 吴任臣Wú Rèn chénWu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten…
• 吴作栋Wú Zuò dòngGoh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
• 吴哥城Wú gē chéngAnkorwat, Cambodia
• 吴嘉经Wú Jiā jīngWu Jiajing (1618-1684), early Qing dynasty poet
• 吴堡县Wú bǔ XiànWubu, a county in Yulin City 榆林市
• 吴天明Wú Tiān míngWu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director
• 吴孟超Wú Mèng chāoWu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and…
• 吴官正Wú Guān zhèngWu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline…

Words containing 吴

• 东吴Dōng WúEastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded…
• 孙吴县Sūn wú XiànSunwu, a county in Heihe City 黑河市
• 新吴区Xīn wú QūXinwu, a district of Wuxi City 无锡市
• 东吴大学Dōng wú Dà xuéSoochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952); Soochow University…
• 柬吴哥王朝Jiǎn wú gē Wáng cháoAnkor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
• 陈胜吴广起义Chén Shèng Wú Guǎng Qǐ yìChen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
• 天低吴楚，眼空无物tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wùthe sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom)…
• 孙吴Sūn wúsee 孙吴县
• 新吴Xīn wúsee 新吴区

Characters that look like 吴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 炎yánflame; inflammation; -itis
• 芙fúused in 芙蓉
• 昊hàovast and limitless; the vast sky
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 鸢yuānkite (small hawk)
• 昙tándark clouds

Sounds the same

Read Wú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无not to have; no; none
• 吾(old) I; my
• 唔oh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 毋(literary) no; don't; to not have
• 芜overgrown with weeds
• 梧Sterculia platanifolia
• 蜈used in 蜈蚣
• 鼯flying squirrel
• 浯(name of several rivers in China)
• 俉used in 逢俉
• 峿name of a mountain
• 祦happy; used in historical names

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