shu

See also shū, shú, shǔ, shù, and -shu

Arabela

Noun

shu

1. meat

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Japanese

Syllable

shu

1. The hiragana syllable しゅ (shu) or the katakana syllable シュ (shu) in Hepburn romanization.

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Mandarin

Romanization

shu

1. Nonstandard spelling of shū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of shǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shù.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Uzbek

Pronoun

shu (Cyrillic spelling шу)

1. Demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing near the speaker, but not necessarily in the immediate vicinity. this.

   Shu eshik.

   This is a door. / This door.