wushu

See also: wūshù and wǔshù

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 武術／武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuːˈʃuː/

Noun

wushu (uncountable)

1. Any Chinese martial art.
2. A modern exhibition and full-contact sport based on traditional Chinese martial arts, created in the People's Republic of China. Also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu.
   • 1985, Black Belt, volume 23, number 4, page 78:

     The techniques of contemporary wushu are indeed those which at one time were used for self-defense, but the basis and development of wushu are different from kung fu.

Translations

martial art

• Arabic: اَلْوُوشُو m (al-wūšū)
• Armenian: ուշու (hy) (ušu)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 武術／武术 (zh-min-nan) (bú-su̍t)

  Mandarin: 武術／武术 (zh) (wǔshù)

• French: wushu (fr) m
• German: Wushu n
• Indonesian: wushu
• Japanese: 武術 (ja) (ぶじゅつ, bujutsu)
• Khmer: វូស៊ូ (vuusuu)
• Korean: 무술(武術) (ko) (musul)
• Malay: wusyu
• Persian: ووشو (fa) (vošo)
• Polish: wushu n
• Portuguese: wushu m
• Russian: ушу́ (ru) f or n (ušú)
• Spanish: wushu m
• Swedish: wushu
• Thai: วูซู
• Vietnamese: võ thuật (vi) (武術), vũ thuật (vi) (武術), ủ su (vi)

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mandarin 武術／武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwuʃu]
• Hyphenation: wu‧shu

Noun

wushu (first-person possessive wushuku, second-person possessive wushumu, third-person possessive wushunya)

1. (sports) wushu.

Further reading

• “wushu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Alternative forms

• wu shu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wushu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu ˈʂu/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: wu‧shu

Noun

wushu n (indeclinable)

1. wushu (Chinese martial art)

   Synonym: kung-fu

Further reading

• wushu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wushu in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Noun

wushu m (uncountable)

1. wushu (a Chinese martial art)