chu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chu"

English

Etymology

From the Japanese onomatopoeia ちゅっ (chu).

Interjection

chu

1. 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

• smooch

Anagrams

• UHC, huc

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Esperanto

Particle

chu

1. H-system spelling of ĉu

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French

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

• chuis
• chui
• j'suis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃy/

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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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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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