Chinese Notes

乌 (烏) wū

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

沙乌地阿拉伯王国(沙烏地阿拉伯王國) Saudi Arabia
小嘴乌鸦(小嘴烏鴉) carrion crow (Corvus corone)
乌鲁鲁(烏魯魯) Uluru, massive sandstone outcrop in central Australia
乌鲳(烏鯧) black pomfret
乌雕(烏鵰) greater spotted eagle
沙乌地阿拉伯(沙烏地阿拉伯) Saudi Arabia
乌龙茶(烏龍茶) Oolong tea
乌冬面(烏冬麵) udon noodles
东兔西乌(東兔西烏) the sun setting and the moon rising; the passage of time
乌托邦(烏托邦) utopia
乌漆墨黑(烏漆墨黑) jet-black; pitch-dark
大乌鸦(大烏鴉) a raven
乌榄(烏欖) black olive (Canarium tramdenum)
燕雀乌鹊(燕雀烏鵲) sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; any Tom, Dick or Harry; a bunch of nobodies
乌龟壳(烏龜殼) tortoise shell
乌孜别克族(烏孜別克族) Uzbek People
乌塌菜(烏塌菜) rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
乌灰鸫(烏灰鶇) Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
乌鲁汝(烏魯汝) Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site
乌黑色(烏黑色) black; crow-black
丢乌纱帽(丟烏紗帽) to lose one's black hat; to be sacked from an official post
乌拉山脈(烏拉山脈) Ural Mountains
乌鸟私情(烏鳥私情) the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent); filial piety
乌玛(烏瑪) Ummah
乌衣(烏衣) black clothes ; swallow
三足金乌(三足金烏) a Three-Legged Golden Crow
乌鹃(烏鵑) fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)
乌兔(烏兔) a dark sky during daytime
乌鹟(烏鶲) dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)

Also contained in

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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: 75
卷九十六下西域傳 Volume 96b: Traditions of the Western Regions 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 67
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
卷九十四下匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 44
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

Collocations

乌孙 (烏孫) 烏孫 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 35
乌获 (烏穫) 是亦為烏獲而已矣 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 16
乌鹊 (烏鵲) 烏鵲塡河 — Huainanzi 淮南子, Notes — count: 8
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: 6
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: 6
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
乌获之 (烏獲之) 然則舉烏獲之任 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 5
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: 5