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唔

wú

Character

What 唔 means

1. oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
2. (Cantonese) not

Example sentences

• 伦敦在泰唔士河旁。
  Lúndūn zài Tàiwùshì Hé páng.
  London is on the Thames.
• Look唔再出嘞。
  Look wú zài chū lei.
  The magazine Look is no longer being published.
• 唔。我有预感我走哪边都会迷路。
  Wú. wǒ yǒu yùgǎn wǒ zǒu nǎ biān dōu huì mílù.
  Hmm. I have a feeling I'm going to get lost whichever road I take.

Characters built on 吾

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

• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 晤wùto meet (socially)
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 痦wù(flat) mole
• 圄yǔprison; to imprison
• 寤wùto awake from sleep

Characters that look like 唔

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

• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 哨shàoa whistle; sentry
• 哺bǔto feed
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 哆duōused in 哆嗦
• 喏nuò(indicating agreement) yes; all right; (drawing attention to) look!

Sounds the same

Read wú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无not to have; no; none
• 吾(old) I; my
• 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