What does chu mean in text

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

chu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old Church Slavonic.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

Interjection[edit]

chu

1. (anime and manga fandom slang) The sound of a kiss.

   • 1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon, Usenet‎[1]:

     By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."

   • 2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet‎[2]:

     >Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending.

     <chu!>
     Seems fine to me. ^_^

   • 2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena, Usenet‎[3]:

     movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

See also[edit]

• mwah
• smooch

Anagrams[edit]

• UHC, cuh, huc

Esperanto[edit]

Particle[edit]

chu

1. H-system spelling of ĉu

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ʃy/

Etymology 1[edit]

Past participle of choir. From Old French cheü, chaü, from a Vulgar Latin root *cadūtu(s) as the past participle of *cadēre, from Latin cadō. Compare Occitan casut, Spanish caído, Italian caduto, Catalan caigut, Romanian căzut.

Participle[edit]

chu (feminine chue, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chues)

1. past participle of choir

[edit]

• déchu

Etymology 2[edit]

Contraction of je +‎ suis.

Alternative forms[edit]

• chui, chuis, j'suis

Phrase[edit]

chu

1. (Quebec, colloquial) I am

Garo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

chu

1. beer, alcohol

Guerrero Amuzgo[edit]

Noun[edit]

chu

1. year

Hän[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• chuu (Alaska)

Noun[edit]

chu

1. (Canada) water

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

chu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゅ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チュ

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

chu (chu5 / chu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of chū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chù.

Usage notes[edit]

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min Nan[edit]

Nigerian Pidgin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English chew.

Verb[edit]

chu

1. chew

Norman[edit]

Adjective[edit]

chu (masculine before vowel chut, feminine chute, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chutes)

1. (France, Jersey) this

   Je le viyis chu jouo quaund je feus à la feire ― I saw him that day as I went to the fair

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃṳ˧/

Noun[edit]

chu (plural ndyu)

1. year

Derived terms[edit]

• chu jndyo

References[edit]

• Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎[4] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cʊw˧˧]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

chu

1. (of lips) to protrude

Etymology 2[edit]

Romanization[edit]

chu

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 周

Derived terms[edit]

• bách chu niên (百周年, “centenary”)
• chỉn chu (“meticulous”)
• chu cấp (周給, “to financially support”)
• chu du (周遊, “to travel around”)
• chu đáo (周到, “attentive”)
• chu kì, chu kỳ (周期, “period; cycle”)
• chu tất (周悉, “meticulously”)
• chu toàn (周全, “thoroughly; to care for”)
• chu trình (周程, “cycle; routine”)
• chu vi (周圍, “circumference”)
• đẳng chu (等周, “isometric”)

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (North Wales) IPA(key): /χɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA(key): /χiː/
• Homophone: chi (South Wales only)

Adjective[edit]

chu

1. Aspirate mutation of cu.

Mutation[edit]

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