Wu

American  

[woo] / wu /

noun

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

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

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Wu ¹ British  

/ wuː /

noun

1. a group of dialects of Chinese spoken around the Yangtze delta

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Wu ² British  

/ wuː /

noun

1. 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

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Wu Scientific  

/ wo̅o̅ /

1. 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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Example Sentences

Melosh is a member of Stanford Bio-X and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute; an affiliate of the Precourt Institute for Energy; and a faculty fellow of Sarafan ChEM-H.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

“We expect the incoming governor to adopt a more cautious policy stance,” said Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Benson Wu, citing Shin’s expertise in a volatile, geopolitically driven environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The research, published in Science on March 12, 2026, was led by Wu Tsai Neuro postdoctoral scholars Claire Bedbrook and Ravi Nath.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

He will face Wu Yize, also of China, for a place in the semi-finals after the 22-year-old came through 5-2 against 2024 world champion Kyren Wilson.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Her eyes were fixed on the masters of the House of Wu.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin