chú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chu"

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuː/

Noun

chú m sg

1. Lenited form of cú.

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Mandarin

Romanization

chú (chu², Zhuyin ㄔㄨˊ)

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of chú – see 煮 (“to boil; to cook; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 煮).

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuː/

Noun

chú

1. Lenited form of cú.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cú	chú	cú pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cʊw˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Late Proto-Vietic *cuːʔ.

Noun

chú

1. a paternal uncle, father's younger brother
2. a maternal uncle-in-law, mother's sister's husband
3. a man who's presumably slightly younger than your parents

   Chú gì ơi!

   Hey, Mister!

Pronoun

chú

1. I/me, your father's younger brother

   Antonym: cháu

2. I/me, your mother's sister's husband

   Antonym: cháu

3. I/me, a man who's presumably slightly younger than your parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

4. you, my father's younger brother

   Antonym: cháu

5. you, my mother's sister's husband

   Antonym: cháu

6. you, a man who's presumably slightly younger than my parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

7. (sometimes humorous and condescending) you, a fella who's either slightly younger, or less experienced than me

   Synonym: em

   Antonyms: anh, tôi

8. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that young fellow
9. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that anthropomorphic male animal

Classifier

chú

1. (literary, endearing) indicates a male animal, especially an anthropomorphic one

   Chú mèo đi hia

   Puss in Boots

   những chú gà trống Gô-loa

   the "Gallic Roosters;" the French male footballers

Etymology 2

Clipping of chú bé (“little boy”)

Pronoun

chú

1. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that little boy

   Synonym: cậu

See also

• chú mày
• cô
• bác