xu

[soo]

noun, plural xu.

an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the 100th part of a dong.

Origin of xu

1945–50; < Vietnamese < French sou sou

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Contemporary Examples of xu

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
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
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 author sees things with clarity,” says Xu Zhiyuan, an influential young Chinese essayist.
Must-Reads: 'The Fat Years,' 'Drifting House,' and 'The Map and the Territory'
Isaac Stone Fish, Anna Clark, Cameron Martin
January 30, 2012
Xu Lai then moved his blog to another host, renaming it "Qian Leixian Still Wants to Speak"—or the Prostate Is Still Enflamed.
The Blogger Who Got Stabbed
Richard Bernstein
February 18, 2009

Historical Examples of xu

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

British Dictionary definitions for xu

xu

noun

a monetary unit of Vietnam worth one hundredth of a dông

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