Wu

[ woo ]

/ wu /

noun

a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 222–80.

a Chinese language having several dialects, spoken widely in Anhwei, Chekiang, and Kiangsu provinces and including the dialect of Shanghai.

Examples from the Web for wu

But, keeping Wu Tun and his t-shirts in mind, how serious is Jack Ma about putting customers first?
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers|Brendon Hong|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the eyes of Wu, the test should already be out in the field, despite a lack of 100 percent proof.
This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It?|Abby Haglage|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wu answered one about whether he would prefer to fight 100 “duck-sized Gov. Cuomos, or one Gov. Cuomo-sized duck.”
Can New York Democrat Zephyr Teachout Stop Governor Andrew Cuomo?|David Freedlander|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to the tenets, as passed on in prison yards and Wu Tang Clan songs, humanity is divided into categories.
Word Is Bond: An Ex-Con Explains the 5 Percenters|Daniel Genis|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Wu proved that developing aesthetic comes with risk, albeit, in this instance, a comparatively successful one.
Fashion Week Dispatch: Jason Wu and Rag and Bone|Erin Cunningham|February 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three miles west of Ching-chn, we stopped for breakfast at a hamlet overlooking a tributary of the Wu Chiang.
Three Years in Western China|Alexander Hosie
Wu San-kui made himself emperor, and the Manchus marched against him.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard
But what could a poor old man like himself do against the great Wu?
Mortmain|Arthur Cheny Train
The wars carried on by Wu Ti and his successors had been ruinous.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard
Not until 1681 was his successor, his grandson Wu Shih-fan, defeated.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]|Wolfram Eberhard

British Dictionary definitions for wu (1 of 2)

Wu

/ (wuː) /

noun

Harry, real name Wu Hongda. born 1937, Chinese dissident and human-rights campaigner, a US citizen from 1994: held in labour camps (1960–79); exiled to the US in 1985 but returned secretly to document forced labour in Chinese prisons

British Dictionary definitions for wu (2 of 2)

Wu

/ (wuː) /

noun

a group of dialects of Chinese spoken around the Yangtze delta

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Science definitions for wu

Wu

[ wōō ]

Chien-Shiung 1912-1997

Chinese-born American physicist. Research with her colleagues on electron emission in the decay of radioactive elements showed that parity symmetry, long thought to hold for all physical laws, is in fact violated; the decay processes displayed odd parity, essentially entailing that nature distinguishes between right-handed and left-handed processes.

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