ちゅう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Ideophonic.

Noun

ちゅう or チュウ or チュー • (chū) 

1. (somewhat childish) a kiss

   Synonyms: キス (kisu), 口付け (kuchizuke), 接吻 (seppun)

Verb

ちゅうする or チュウする or チューする • (chū suru) suru (stem ちゅうし (chū shi), past ちゅうした (chū shita))

1. to kiss, smooch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ちゅうする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	ちゅうし	chū shi
Continuative (連用形)	ちゅうし	chū shi
Terminal (終止形)	ちゅうする	chū suru
Attributive (連体形)	ちゅうする	chū suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	ちゅうすれ	chū sure
Imperative (命令形)	ちゅうせよ¹ ちゅうしろ²	chū seyo¹ chū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ちゅうされる	chū sareru
Causative	ちゅうさせる ちゅうさす	chū saseru chū sasu
Potential	ちゅうできる	chū dekiru
Volitional	ちゅうしよう	chū shiyō
Negative	ちゅうしない	chū shinai
Negative continuative	ちゅうせず	chū sezu
Formal	ちゅうします	chū shimasu
Perfective	ちゅうした	chū shita
Conjunctive	ちゅうして	chū shite
Hypothetical conditional	ちゅうすれば	chū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Noun

ちゅう • (chū) 

1. a squeak (sound made by mice)
2. a chirp (sound made by small birds)
3. sound made by sucking liquid

Derived terms

• ちゅうちゅう (chūchū)
• ピカチュウ (Pikachū)

Adverb

ちゅう • (chū) 

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3

⟨to₂ ipu⟩ → */tipu/ → /t͡sifu/ → /t͡ɕɨu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

Shift from Old Japanese と言ふ (to ipu → to iu). Compare てふ (tepu) → ちょう (chō).

Phrase

ちゅう • (chū) ^{←ちふ (tifu)?}

1. (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1170), text here

     佐左(ささ)浪(なみ)乃(の)連庫山(なみくらやま)尓(に)雲(くも)居者(ゐれば)雨(あめ)會(ぞ)零(ふる)智否(ちふ)反(かへり)来(こ)吾(わが)背(せ) [Man'yōgana]

     楽浪(ささなみ)の連庫山(なみくらやま)に雲(くも)居(ゐ)れば雨(あめ)ぞ降(ふ)るちふ帰(かへ)り来(こ)我(わ)が背(せ) [Modern spelling]

     Sasanami no Namikura-yama ni kumo ireba ame zo furu chū kaeri ko waga se

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Etymology 4

Readings of various kanji.

For pronunciation and definitions of ちゅう – see the following entries.

【中】1 [noun] middle, medium [noun] average; neither good nor poor [noun] during; being in the process of doing [noun] second volume of a three volume set [affix] China or Chinese; Sino- (prefix) [suffix] being in the process of doing 【宙】6 [noun] mid-air 【注】3 [noun] annotation, note Alternative spelling 註

(This term, ちゅう, is an alternative spelling of the above terms. For a list of all kanji read as ちゅう, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちゅう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 註, 儔, 俦, 疇, 畴.)