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坞

wù

Character Traditional 塢

What 坞 means

1. bound formlow area within a surrounding barrier
2. literarysmall castle; fort

Other readings

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

• wùvariant of {坞|wù}

Example sentences

• 好莱坞不是以前的样子了。
  Hǎoláiwù bù shì yǐqián de yàngzi le.
  Hollywood isn't what it used to be.
• 奥斯卡颁奖典礼，是好莱坞最盛大的活动。
  àosīkǎ bānjiǎng diǎnlǐ, shì Hǎoláiwù zuì shèngdà de huódòng.
  The Oscar ceremonies are Hollywood's biggest extravaganza.
• 在接下来的十五年里，建筑师、计划者和社区开发企业为了把三百四十六英亩的工业荒地改变成六千五百座房子、两个购物中心、一个小艇船坞、一个学校、一个高中和公用场地都会一起工作。
  Zài jiēxiàlái de shíwǔ nián lǐ, jiànzhùshī, jìhuà zhě hé shèqū kāifā qǐyè wèile bǎ sān bǎi sìshí liù yīngmǔ de gōngyè huāngdì gǎibiàn chéng liù qiān wǔ bǎi zuò fángzi, liǎng gè gòuwùzhōngxīn, yī gè xiǎo tǐng chuánwù, yī gè xuéxiào, yī gè gāozhōng hé gōngyòng chǎngdì dōu huì yīqǐ gōngzuò.
  Over the next fifteen years, architects, planners and community developers will work together to transform 346 acres of industrial wasteland into 6,500 homes, two shopping centres, a marina, a primary school and college, and parkland.

Words starting with 坞

• 坞堡wù bǎosmall fortress; fortified compound
• 坞壁wù bìsmall fortress; fortified compound
• 坞站wù zhàndocking station

Words containing 坞

• 好莱坞Hǎo lái wùHollywood; also pr. Hǎo lái wū
• 船坞chuán wùdock; shipyard
• 山坞shān wùnook; cove (in the hills)
• 花坞huā wùsunken flower-bed
• 宝莱坞Bǎo lái wùBollywood (film industry based in Mumbai, India)
• 拓展坞tuò zhǎn wù(computing) hub; dock
• 扩展坞kuò zhǎn wùdocking station

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)
• 呜wū(onomatopoeia) for humming or whimpering
• 邬Wūsurname Wu; ancient place name

Characters that look like 坞

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

• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 务affair; business; matter
• 物(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 误mistake; error; to miss
• 雾fog; mist
• 晤to meet (socially)
• 悟to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 勿do not
• 戊fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 兀(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
• 恶to hate; to loathe; ashamed
• 乌used in 乌拉; used in 乌拉草
• 骛(bound form) to rush about; to strive for