乌 (烏) wū
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wū
proper noun
Wu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '烏' n 3) -
wū
noun
crow; rook; raven
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: Same as 乌鸦 (Guoyu '烏' n 1; Unihan '烏') -
wū
adjective
black; dark
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
Notes: As in 黑色的 (Guoyu '烏' adj; Unihan '烏') -
wū
noun
a dark sky during daytime
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: See 乌兔 (Guoyu '烏' n 1) -
wū
verb
to dye black
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Hair, mustache, etc (Guoyu '烏' v) -
wū
adverb
replying to a question with a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 反问 (Guoyu '烏' adv)
Contained in
- 乌贼(烏賊) cuttlefish
- 乌涂(烏塗) unclear; not straightforward; (of drinking water) lukewarm; tepid
- 乌什塔拉(烏什塔拉) Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
- 乌江(烏江) Wu River
- 乌木(烏木) ebony
- 枪乌贼(槍烏賊) squid
- 乌西亚(烏西亞) Uzziah (son of Joram)
- 乌云蔽日(烏雲蔽日) dark clouds obscure the sun ; dark clouds hiding the sun
- 乌雕(烏鵰) greater spotted eagle
- 乌黑色(烏黑色) black; crow-black
- 乌兹别克人(烏茲別克人) Uzbek (person)
- 乌滋别克(烏滋別克) Uzbek
- 乌兹别克族(烏茲別克族) the Uzbek people (race)
- 三足乌(三足烏) three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)
- 乌醋(烏醋) black vinegar
- 乌云(烏雲) a dark cloud
- 乌龙球(烏龍球) own goal (ball sports)
- 乌龙面(烏龍麵) udon (thick Japanese-style) wheat-flour noodles
- 乌孜别克族(烏孜別克族) Uzbek People
- 乌烟瘴气(烏煙瘴氣) billowing smoke; foul atmosphere; murky atmosphere; in a turmoil
- 乌恰(烏恰) Wuqia county
- 乌孜别克语(烏孜別克語) Uzbek language
- 爱屋及乌(愛屋及烏) love the house and its crows; love a person and everything connected with them
- 乌亮(烏亮) lustrous and black; jet-black
- 乌兔(烏兔) a dark sky during daytime
- 乌桕(烏桕) Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
- 乌托邦(烏托邦) utopia
- 乌鸦嘴(烏鴉嘴) lit. crow's beak; fig. person who has made an inauspicious remark
- 乌尔都语(烏爾都語) Urdu ; Urdu
Also contained in
乌东德 、 乌里雅苏台 、 乌拉尔语系 、 乌来乡 、 乌拉特后旗 、 西乌珠穆沁旗 、 乌兰县 、 乌海市 、 大乌苏里岛 、 乌克兰 、 乌纱帽 、 乌程 、 乌来 、 乌拉特前旗 、 乌尔姆 、 义乌 、 乌兰浩特市 、 乌什 、 乌特列支 、 乌兰察布市 、 乌尔根奇 、 乌鲁木齐
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- 卷三百十一 列傳第一百九十九 四川土司一 Volume 311 Biographies 199: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 117
- 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 66
- 卷六十七 列傳第五: 石顯 桓赧弟:散達 烏春附:溫敦蒲刺 臘醅弟麻產 鈍恩 留可 阿疏 奚王回離保 Volume 67 Biographies 5: Shi Xian, Huan Nan and younger brother: Sanda, Wu Chun and relative: Wendun Puci, Lapei dimachan, Dun En, Liu Ke, A Shu, Xiwang Huilibao History of Jin 金史 — count: 61
- 卷六十九 表第七: 部族表 Volume 69 Tables 7: Tribes History of Liao 遼史 — count: 52
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 49
- 卷112下 靈徵志八下 Volume 112b Treatise 8: The Spiritual World 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 46
- 卷六十一 志第十三: 地理四 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Geography 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 42
- 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 38
- 卷一百三十二 列傳第七十: 逆臣 秉德本名乙辛 唐括辯 烏帶 大興國 徒單阿里出虎 僕散師恭本名忽土 徒單貞 李老僧 完顏元宜 紇石烈執中本名胡沙虎 Volume 132 Biographies 70: Ni Chen, Bingdebenmingyixin, Tang Kuobian, Wu Dai, Da Xingguo, Tudanalichuhu, Pusanshigongbenminghutu, Tu Danzhen, Li Laoseng, Wan Yanyuanyi, Geshiliezhizhongbenminghushahu History of Jin 金史 — count: 36
- 卷三百三十一 列傳第二百十九 西域三 Volume 331 Biographies 219: Western Regions 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 35
Collocations
- 乌获 (烏穫) 是亦為烏獲而已矣 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 18
- 乌呼 (烏呼) 烏呼 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 9
- 乌鹊 (烏鵲) 烏鵲塡河 — Huainanzi 淮南子, Notes — count: 9
- 乌号 (烏號) 射者扞烏號之弓 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 7
- 乌集 (烏集) 謂之烏集之交 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 7
- 王乌 (王烏) 漢使王烏等窺匈奴 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 6
- 乌维 (烏維) 子烏維立為單于 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 5
- 乌获之 (烏獲之) 然則舉烏獲之任 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 5
- 乌余 (烏餘) 齊烏餘以廩丘奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 乌氏 (烏氏) 烏氏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 4