chu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chu"

Translingual

Symbol

chu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old Church Slavonic.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Church Slavonic terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

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^[1] (Usenet):

     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^[sic] 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^[2] (Usenet):

     >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^[3] (Usenet):

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

See also

• mwah
• smooch

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.

Pronoun

chu

1. (slang, nonstandard) You.

   Synonym: cha

Chipewyan

Adverb

chu

1. also

Esperanto

Particle

chu

1. H-system spelling of ĉu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃy/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cheü, chaü, from Vulgar Latin *cadūtus, past participle for Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

Participle

chu (feminine 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

   Chu vraiment tanné, là!

   I'm real fed up!

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

chu

1. beer, alcohol

Guerrero Amuzgo

Noun

chu

1. year

Hän

Alternative forms

• chuu (Alaska)

Noun

chu

1. (Canada) water

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of chu – see 書 (“book; codex; letter; document; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 書).

Japanese

Romanization

chu

1. The hiragana syllable ちゅ (chu) or the katakana syllable チュ (chu) in Hepburn romanization.

Mandarin

Romanization

chu (chu⁵ / chu⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

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

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology 1

Determiner

chu (ergative and oblique chuan)

1. (of unseen entities) this, that

Pronoun

chu (plural chûng)

1. (of unseen entities) this, that

See also

Mizo demonstratives

	Pronoun		Determiner
	Singular	Plural	Unmarked	Oblique
Near the speaker	hei, he	hêng	hi	hian
Near the addressee	kha	khâng	kha	khân
Up there	khi	khîng	khi	khian
Down there	khu	khûng	khu	khuan
Far away	saw	sâwng	saw	sâwn
Unseen	chu	chûng	chu	chuan

Note that all pronoun forms of the demonstratives are pronounced with different tones to their determiner counterparts. Oblique forms are pronounced with one tone when used in the ergative, and a different tone in other cases.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsuu.

Verb

chu (stem II chuk)

1. to peck
2. (of snakes) to bite

Usage notes

The originally stem II chuk is also attested in stem I use.

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “chu”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English chew.

Verb

chu

1. chew

Norman

Adjective

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

1. (continental, Jersey) this

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

   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[4], page 515:

     Tout chu qui vient de flot se retournera d'ebe.

     All that comes with the flood will return with the ebb.

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)‎^[5] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

chu

1. (of lips) to protrude

Etymology 2

Romanization

chu

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 周

Derived terms

• bách chu niên (百周年, “centenary”)
• chỉn chu (“meticulous”)
• chu cấp (周給, “to financially support”)
• chu du (周遊, “to travel around”)
• chu đáo (周到, “attentive”)
• chu kì, chu kỳ (周期, “period; cycle”)
• chu tất (周悉, “meticulously”)
• chu toàn (周全, “thoroughly; to care for”)
• chu trình (周程, “cycle; routine”)
• chu vi (周圍, “circumference”)
• đẳng chu (等周, “isometric”)

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

Mutated forms of cu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cu	gu	nghu	chu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.