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
- 乌吉亚(烏吉亞) ouguiya
- 乌兹别克斯坦(烏茲別克斯坦) Uzbekistan
- 乌鲳(烏鯧) black pomfret
- 乌鸦座(烏鴉座) Corvus
- 乌苏里江(烏蘇裡江) Ussuri River
- 乌鳢(烏鱧) Channa argus; snakehead fish
- 乌亮(烏亮) lustrous and black; jet-black
- 丢乌纱帽(丟烏紗帽) to lose one's black hat; to be sacked from an official post
- 乌鹟(烏鶲) dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
- 乌德勒支(烏德勒支) Utrecht
- 乌有(烏有) not to exist; to be illusory
- 乌木(烏木) ebony
- 乌鲁汝(烏魯汝) Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site
- 乌灰鹞(烏灰鷂) Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)
- 乌雕鸮(烏鵰鴞) dusky eagle-owl (Bubo coromandus)
- 乌龙球(烏龍球) own goal (ball sports)
- 乌黑(烏黑) jet-black; dark
- 乌龟壳(烏龜殼) tortoise shell
- 乌滋别克(烏滋別克) Uzbek
- 乌鸟私情(烏鳥私情) the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent); filial piety
- 金乌(金烏) Golden Crow; the sun; the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun
- 缩头乌龟(縮頭烏龜) a turtle that pulls its head in; coward; chicken
- 乌龙面(烏龍麵) udon (thick Japanese-style) wheat-flour noodles
- 乌兔(烏兔) a dark sky during daytime
- 何首乌(何首烏) Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum); fleeceflower root
- 乌蓝(烏藍) dark blue
- 三足乌(三足烏) three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)
- 乌灰银鸥(烏灰銀鷗) lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
- 乌尔格(烏爾格) ancient name of Ulan Bator
- 乌涂(烏塗) unclear; not straightforward; (of drinking water) lukewarm; tepid
- 乌压压(烏壓壓) forming a dense mass
- 乌孜别克族(烏孜別克族) Uzbek People
Also contained in
乌孙国 、 乌日乡 、 乌拉特后旗 、 乌丘乡 、 乌拉特前旗 、 乌苌国 、 乌马河区 、 乌来 、 乌兰巴托 、 乌什县 、 乌东德 、 乌兰 、 基希讷乌 、 乌伦古湖 、 乌达区 、 义乌市 、 乌干达 、 乌来乡 、 乌齐雅
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Truncated for common words
- 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
- 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