Wuhan

See also: WuHan, Wu Han, and Wu-han

English

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

Alternative forms

• Wu-han, Wu-Han (Wade–Giles)
• WuHan, Wu Han, Wu-han (colloquial)

Etymology

From Mandarin 武漢／武汉 (Wǔhàn), from 武昌 (Wǔchāng) + 漢口／汉口 (Hànkǒu), two of the three towns that were merged to form Wuhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuːˈhɑːn/; (uncommon, anglicized) /-ˈhæn/; (rare, emulating Chinese) /uːˈhɑːn/
• enPR: wo͞oʹhänʹ
• Hyphenation: Wu‧han

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Proper noun

Wuhan

1. A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China.
   • 1912 February, “Famine Notes”, in The Chinese Recorder‎^[1], volume XLIII, number 2, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 95:

     The Committee reports that in consequence of the combined effects of the war and famine added to flood an amount of destitution exists among the population in the Wuhan region which is without parallel in the memory of foreign residents. Now that the refugees are returning to Hankow there is a demand for building materials, clothing and food stuffs.

   • 1971, Deborah S. Davis, “The Cultural Revolution in Wuhan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 169:

     Yet charges that Wuhan was run like an independent kingdom contained an element of truth. Firmly entrenched in Wuhan for more than ten years, the PLA had become accustomed to acting independently.

   • 1973 March 4, “Starving farmers given jail terms”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XIV, number 8, Taipei, page 3:

     More than 30 persons, most of them farmers on the verge of starving to death, were convicted of "counter-revolutionary" charges at kangaroo court in Wuhan and given sentences ranging from two to 12 years, it was reported from Hongkong February 25.
     . . .
     Wuhan is the collective name of Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyang at the confluence of the Yangtze and Han rivers in Hupei province, central China.
     Some of the farmers were arrested in Wuhan parks where they allegedly spoke against Maoism and the Communist dictatorship, the report said.
     Others were charged with breaking into a Communist granary in Wuhan, it said.

   • 2023 June 23, Julian E. Barnes, “U.S. Intelligence Agencies Remain Divided Over Lab Leak Theory”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-24, Politics‎^[5]:

     Intelligence agencies do not believe the case of three workers from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, who became ill in 2019 can help shed light on whether the Covid-19 pandemic originated from an accidental lab leak, according to a report made public Friday.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Wuhan.

Derived terms

• WIV
• Wuhan coronavirus
• Wuhan dialect
• Wuhanese
• Wuhan flu
• Wuhanian
• wuhanic
• Wuhanic
• wuhanic acid
• Wuhan influenza
• Wuhanite
• Wuhan pneumonia
• Wuhan SARS
• Wuhan virus

 

Translations

sub-provincial city in central China

• Amharic: ዉሃን (wuhan)
• Arabic: وُوهَان m (wuhān), وُوخَان m (wuḵān)
• Armenian: Ուհան (Uhan)
• Bulgarian: Уха́н m (Uhán)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 武漢／武汉 (yue) (mou⁵ hon³)

  Mandarin: 武漢／武汉 (zh) (Wǔhàn)

• French: Wuhan (fr)
• German: Wuhan (de) n
• Hindi: वुहान (vuhān)
• Hungarian: Vuhan (hu)
• Italian: Wuhan
• Japanese: 武漢 (ぶかん, Bukan)
• Khmer: អ៊ូហាន (ʼuuhaan)
• Korean: 우한 (Uhan)
• Lithuanian: Uhanas m
• Macedonian: Вухан m (Vuhan)
• Marathi: वूहान n (vūhān)
• Persian: ووهان (vuhân)
• Polish: Wuhan (pl) n
• Portuguese: Wuhan f
• Romanian: Wuhan
• Russian: Уха́нь (ru) m (Uxánʹ)
• Spanish: Wuhan m
• Thai: อู่ฮั่น (ùu-hân)
• Ukrainian: Уха́нь m (Uxánʹ)
• Urdu: ووہان (vuhān)
• Uyghur: ۋۇخەن (wuxen)
• Vietnamese: Vũ Hán (vi)
• West Frisian: Wuhan
• Zhuang: Vujhan

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuhan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 2
• Wuhan, Wu-han, Wu Han, Wu-Han, WuHan at Google Ngram Viewer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wu.an/, /wu.xan/

Proper noun

Wuhan f

1. Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)

Derived terms

• wuhanais
• Wuhanais

 

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuˈan/
• IPA^(key): /wuˈan/
• IPA^(key): (elevated style) /uˈxan/
• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Wuhan ?

1. Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /wuˈʁɐ̃/ [wuˈhɐ̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /wuˈʁɐ̃/ [wuˈhɐ̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /wuˈʁɐ̃/ [wuˈχɐ̃]

Proper noun

Wuhan f

1. Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuˈxan/ [wuˈxãn]
• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Wuhan ?

1. Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)
   • 2020 May 14, Brenda Goh, Roxanne Liu, Ryan Woo, “Residentes de Wuhan participan en campaña de pruebas masivas de COVID-19”, in Daniela Desantis, editor, Reuters‎^[7], archived from the original on 20 August 2023, NOTICIAS GLOBALES‎^[8]:

     En el distrito de Qiaokou de Wuhan, en la comunidad de apartamentos de Zirun Mingyuan donde viven unas 10.000 personas, hombres, mujeres y niños estaban parados bajo los paraguas mientras esperaban hacerse la prueba en cuatro puntos ubicados en el centro del complejo.

     In Wuhan’s Qiaokou district, at the Zirun Mingyuan apartment community where about 10,000 people live, men, women and children stood under umbrellas while elderly residents perched on stools as they waited to get tested at four sites set up in the middle of the compound.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Wuhan from Mandarin 武漢／武汉 (Wǔhàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuhan/, [ˈwu.hɐn]
• Hyphenation: Wu‧han

Proper noun

Wuhan (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜓᜑᜈ᜔)

1. Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)