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吾

wú

Character

What 吾 means

1. oldI; my

Other readings

吾 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wúsurname Wu

Example sentences

• 学维吾尔语。
  Learn Uyghur!
• 吾爱星期一 !
  I love Monday!
• 您是维吾尔人吗？
  Nín shì Wéiwú'ěrrén ma?
  Are you an Uighur?
• 你会说维吾尔语吗？
  Nǐ huì shuō Wéiwú'ěryǔ ma?
  Can you speak Uyghur?
• 维吾尔语是一种突厥语。
  Uyghur is a Turkic language.
• 丹尼尔看起来像个维吾尔族。
  Dānní'ěr kànqǐlai xiàng gè Wéiwú'ěrzú.
  Daniel looks like an Uyghur.

Words starting with 吾

• 吾人wú rén(literary) we; us
• 吾等wú děng(literary) we; us
• 吾辈wú bèi(literary) we; us
• 吾尔开希Wú ěr kāi xīÖrkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement…
• 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yáLife is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis

Words containing 吾

• 维吾尔Wéi wú ěrUyghur ethnic group
• 维吾尔族Wéi wú ěr zúUyghur ethnic group
• 支支吾吾zhī zhī wú wúto hem and haw; to stall; to stammer
• 支吾zhī wuto respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall
• 伊吾县Yī wú XiànYiwu, a county in Hami City 哈密市
• 执金吾zhí jīn wú(Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in…
• 宫崎吾朗Gōng qí Wú lǎngMiyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
• 支吾其词zhī wú qí cí(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive
• 维吾尔人Wéi wú ěr rénUighur person or people
• 维吾尔语Wéi wú ěr yǔUighur language
• 世界维吾尔代表大会Shì jiè Wéi wú ěr Dài biǎo Dà huìWorld Uighur Congress
• 新疆维吾尔自治区Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qūXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐市
• 幼吾幼，以及人之幼yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòuto care for other's children as one's own
• 老吾老，以及人之老lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎoto honor old people as we do our own aged parents
• 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòuto honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's…
• 伊吾Yī wúsee 伊吾县

Characters that look like 吾

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

• 每měieach; every
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 丢diūto lose; to put aside; to throw
• 县xiàncounty; (Japan) prefecture
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read wú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无not to have; no; none
• 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
• 郚place name