chu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chu"

English

Etymology

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

Interjection

chu

1. (anime and manga fandom slang) The sound of a kiss.
   • 1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon, Usenet‎^[1]:

     By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."

   • 2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet‎^[2]:

     >Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending.
     
     <chu!>
     Seems fine to me. ^_^

   • 2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet‎^[3]:

     movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

See also

• mwah
• smooch

Anagrams

• UHC, huc

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Esperanto

Particle

chu

1. H-system spelling of ĉu

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃy/

Etymology 1

Past participle of choir. From Old French cheü, chaü, from a Vulgar Latin root *cadūtu(s) as the past participle of *cadēre, from Latin cadō. Compare Occitan casut, Italian caduto, Catalan caigut, Romanian căzut.

Verb

chu m (feminine singular chue, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chues)

1. past participle of choir

Related terms

• déchu

Etymology 2

Contraction of je +‎ suis.

Alternative forms

• chui, chuis, j'suis

Phrase

chu

1. (Quebec, colloquial) I am.

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Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

chu

1. year

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Hän

Alternative forms

• chuu (Alaska)

Noun

chu

1. (Canada) water

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Japanese

Romanization

chu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゅ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チュ

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Mandarin

Romanization

chu (Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of chū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chù.

Usage notes

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

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of chu – see 書 (“book; codex; collection of bamboo or wooden slips, the traditional form of records in China; etc.”). (This character, chu, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 書.)

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English chew.

Verb

chu

1. chew

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Norman

Adjective

chu (masculine before vowel chut, feminine chute, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chutes)

1. (France, Jersey) this

   Je le viyis chu jouo quaund je feus à la feire ― I saw him that day as I went to the fair

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San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃṳ˧/

Noun

chu (plural ndyu)

1. year

Derived terms

• chu jndyo

References

• Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎^[4] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cʊw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Verb

chu

1. (of lips) to protrude

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 周.

Adjective

chu

1. (only in compounds) thorough; meticulous

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /χɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /χiː/
• Homophone: chi (South Wales only)

Adjective

chu

1. Aspirate mutation of cu.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cu	gu	nghu	chu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.