shu

¹ American  

[shoo] / ʃu /

noun

1. the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.

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Shu ² American  

[shoo] / ʃu /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. the god of the air, sometimes represented with arms upraised, supporting the vault of heaven.

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SHU ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Scoville heat unit. Scoville scale

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Etymology

Origin of shu

From the Chinese word shù

Example Sentences

Emma and Lisa-Marie Anne stay for dinner—Aunt Melissa ordered take-out instead of cooking for once—and the five of us exchange sneaky looks while passing cartons of kung pao chicken, moo shu pork, and broccoli beef.

From Literature

"What makes these organisms particularly dangerous is their ability to survive conditions that kill many other microbes," said corresponding author Longfei Shu of Sun Yat sen University.

From Science Daily

"Amoebae are not just a medical issue or an environmental issue," Shu said.

From Science Daily

This advanced method was developed by the lab of study co-author Adam Feist, a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and a senior scientist at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability.

From Science Daily

Joshua Shu said that he had been a member for two years, but was “not really hyper-political.”

From Salon