xu

[ soo ]

/ su /

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noun, plural xu.

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

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Origin of xu

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

Words nearby xu

XS, x-stretcher, Xt., Xtian., Xty., xu, Xuan Tong, Xuan Zang, Xuan Zong, x-unit, Xun Zi

Example sentences from the Web for xu

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|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|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|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|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|DAILY BEAST
The Intellectual part of man's spirit was called, Xu or Khu.
Scarabs|Isaac Myer

British Dictionary definitions for xu

/ (tʃʊ) /

noun

a monetary unit of Vietnam worth one hundredth of a dông

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