xu

[ soo ]

noun,plural xu.

an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, one 100th of a dong: no longer in use.

Origin of xu

First recorded in 1945–50; from Vietnamese, from French sou; see origin at sou

Words Nearby xu

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How to use xu in a sentence

So in the new study, xu, Hore and colleagues observed what happened when the isolated proteins were hit with blue laser light.
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Others are meeting people’s newfound needs, like Tony xu of DoorDash, whose meal-delivery business soared during quarantine.
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That was what improved my game, being able to play xu and za.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Among those criminally detained are Pu Zhiqiang, a prominent human rights lawyer, and xu Youyu, a philosophy professor.
On the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Sq., Chinese Dissidents Remain Undaunted | Ellen Bork | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A clandestine video of a handcuffed xu in detention appealing to fellow citizens to work for democracy appears here.
On the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Sq., Chinese Dissidents Remain Undaunted | Ellen Bork | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

In January, xu Zhiyong, a leader of the movement, was sentenced to four years in jail.
On the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Sq., Chinese Dissidents Remain Undaunted | Ellen Bork | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In my home village too a low-ranking cadre named xu Xianqing literally stuffed himself to death.
An Oral History of Mao’s Greatest Crime | Zhou Xun | November 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Intellectual part of man's spirit was called, xu or Khu.
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British Dictionary definitions for xu

/ (tʃʊ) /

noun

a monetary unit of Vietnam worth one hundredth of a dông

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