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

乌燕鸥(烏燕鷗) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
化为乌有(化為烏有) to go up in smoke; to vanish
乌鸡(烏雞) black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
乌吉亚(烏吉亞) ouguiya
乌鲳(烏鯧) black pomfret
乌孜别克族(烏孜別克族) Uzbek People
乌贼(烏賊) cuttlefish
乌烟瘴气(烏煙瘴氣) billowing smoke; foul atmosphere; murky atmosphere; in a turmoil
乌玛(烏瑪) Ummah
乌托邦(烏托邦) utopia
乌有(烏有) not to exist; to be illusory
乌压压(烏壓壓) forming a dense mass
乌鸦(烏鴉) crow; raven
乌蓝(烏藍) dark blue
大乌鸦(大烏鴉) a raven
乌塌菜(烏塌菜) rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
乌兹别克族(烏茲別克族) the Uzbek people (race)
乌七八糟(烏七八糟) everything in disorder; in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy
乌西亚(烏西亞) Uzziah (son of Joram)
乌黎雅(烏黎雅) Uriah (name)
乌理玛(烏理瑪) ulama
乌鳢(烏鱧) Channa argus; snakehead fish
乌龟壳(烏龜殼) tortoise shell
乌德勒支(烏德勒支) Utrecht
丢乌纱帽(丟烏紗帽) to lose one's black hat; to be sacked from an official post
乌黑色(烏黑色) black; crow-black
乌青(烏青) bluish black; bruise; bruising
乌忌(烏忌) Indo-Pacific finless porpoise; finless porpoise
秃鼻乌鸦(禿鼻烏鴉) rook (Corvus frugilegus)

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
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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
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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
曰乌 (曰烏) 其弓曰烏號 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 4