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呜

wū

Character Traditional 嗚

What 呜 means

1. onomatopoeiafor humming or whimpering

Example sentences

• 每个人都爱呜呜塞拉！
  Měigerén dōu ài wūwū sāi lā!
  Everybody loves the vuvuzelas!

Words starting with 呜

• 呜呜wū wū(interj) boo hoo
• 呜咽wū yèto sob; to whimper
• 呜呼wū hūalas; alack; welladay
• 呜呜祖拉wū wū zǔ lāvuvuzela (horn) (loanword)
• 呜呼哀哉wū hū āi zāialas; all is lost

Words containing 呜

• 一命呜呼yī mìng wū hūto die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost

Characters built on 乌

These share the phonetic component 乌 (wū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 钨wūtungsten (chemistry)
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 邬Wūsurname Wu; ancient place name

Characters that look like 呜

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

• 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

Sounds the same

Read wū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 污dirty; filthy; foul
• 屋(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 乌crow; black
• 於(literary) Oh!; Ah!
• 诬to accuse falsely
• 巫witch; wizard; shaman
• 钨tungsten (chemistry)
• 洿dig (a pond); stagnant water
• 圬to plaster; whitewash
• 杇to plaster; whitewash
• 邬surname Wu; ancient place name