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
- 大乌鸦(大烏鴉) a raven
- 乌龟(烏龜) tortoise ; a man whose wife is unfaithful
- 乌德勒支(烏德勒支) Utrecht
- 乌醋(烏醋) black vinegar
- 乌克丽丽(烏克麗麗) ukulele
- 乌桕(烏桕) Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
- 乌鲁汝(烏魯汝) Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site
- 乌七八糟(烏七八糟) everything in disorder; in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy
- 乌黑(烏黑) jet-black; dark
- 乌桓(烏桓) Wuhuan
- 丝羽乌骨鸡(絲羽烏骨雞) black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
- 乌克兰人(烏克蘭人) Ukrainian (person)
- 燕雀乌鹊(燕雀烏鵲) sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; any Tom, Dick or Harry; a bunch of nobodies
- 天下乌鸦一般黑(天下烏鴉一般黑) all crows are black; evil people are bad all over the world
- 搞乌龙(搞烏龍) to mess something up
- 大嘴乌鸦(大嘴烏鴉) large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- 乌鸫(烏鶇) common blackbird (Turdus merula)
- 乌龙(烏龍) a black dragon ; unexpected mistake or mishap ; oolong (tea)
- 乌烟瘴气(烏煙瘴氣) billowing smoke; foul atmosphere; murky atmosphere; in a turmoil
- 乌苏里江(烏蘇裡江) Ussuri River ; Ussuri River
- 乌合之众(烏合之眾) mob
- 乌托邦(烏托邦) utopia
- 乌拉山脈(烏拉山脈) Ural Mountains
- 乌兹冲锋枪(烏茲衝鋒槍) Uzi (submachine gun)
- 乌滋别克斯坦(烏滋別克斯坦) Uzbekistan
- 河乌(河烏) white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
- 乌云(烏雲) a dark cloud
- 乌孜别克语(烏孜別克語) Uzbek language
- 乌冬面(烏冬麵) udon noodles
- 乌干达先令(烏干達先令) Uganda shilling
Also contained in
寻乌县 、 乌拉尔语系 、 乌程 、 乌苏里斯克 、 乌尔姆 、 乌日 、 类乌齐县 、 乌古乃 、 乌杖那 、 乌尔 、 乌仗那国 、 基希讷乌 、 乌什 、 乌拉特 、 乌尔禾 、 乌雅束 、 乌鲁克恰提县 、 类乌齐 、 乌节路 、 乌鲁木齐市 、 乌纱帽
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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
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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
- 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
- 乌鹊 (烏鵲) 烏鵲塡河 — Huainanzi 淮南子, Notes — count: 9
- 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