武 wǔ

1. wǔ adjective martial; military
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 武器 weapon (ABC 'wǔ' 武 bf 1; Guoyu '武' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '武' 1; Unihan '武')
2. wǔ noun a battle; (military) force
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 战斗 (Guoyu '武' n 1; NCCED '武' 1)
3. wǔ noun martial arts
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '武' 2)
4. wǔ noun a footstep; a footprint; half a step
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 足迹 (ABC 'wǔ' 武 n 1; Guoyu '武' n 2; Kroll 2015 '武' 3; NCCED '武' 4)
5. wǔ noun a fighter; a warrior; a soldier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '武' 1a)
6. wǔ noun half a step
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a measure of length (Kroll 2015 '武' 4; NCCED '武' 4)
7. wǔ proper noun Wu; Sacrificial odes of Zhou
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An alternate name for the section 周頌 ”Sacrificial odes of Zhou” in the 詩經 ”Book of Songs” (Guoyu '武' n 3)
8. wǔ proper noun Wu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (ABC 'wǔ' 武 n 2; Guoyu '武' n 4)
9. wǔ adjective warlike; fierce; valiant; violent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'wǔ' 武 bf 2; Kroll 2015 '武' 2; NCCED '武' 3; Unihan '武')
10. wǔ verb to continue; to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '武' 5)

Contained in

• 止戈为武(止戈為武) refrain from using weapons for fighting [is is the true art of war]
• 非核武器国家(非核武器國家) non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
• 文武双全(文武雙全) well versed in letters and military technology; fine scholar and soldier; master of pen and sword
• 努纳武特(努納武特) Nunavut territory, Canada
• 武职(武職) military official; military position (i.e. job)
• 武力 military force ; heavily armed soldiers ; brave use of strength
• 化学武器(化學武器) chemical weapon
• 武生 male military role in a Chinese opera
• 寒武爆发(寒武爆發) the Cambrian explosion
• 武林 Wulin ; martial arts (social) circles
• 激进武装分子(激進武裝份子) armed extremists
• 武断(武斷) dogmatic ; arbitrary; subjective
• 武将(武將) a general; a military leader; a fierce man
• 重文轻武(重文輕武) to value letters and belittle arms; to stress civil matters and neglect the military
• 不扩散核武器条约(不擴散核武器條約) Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• 武打 acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
• 武旦 female military role in a Chinese opera
• 化学武器防护(化學武器防護) chemical weapon defense
• 武警战士(武警戰士) armed fighters; armed police; militia
• 前寒武纪(前寒武紀) pre-Cambrian
• 武装(武裝) arms; equipment; military; armed forces ; to arm
• 武器禁运(武器禁運) embargo on arms sale
• 核武竞赛(核武競賽) nuclear arms race

Also contained in

武威 、 晋孝武帝 、 大武口区 、 阮崇武 、 汤武革命 、 光武皇帝 、 武强 、 武宣卞皇后 、 武城县 、 武后 、 武成 、 武宣 、 顾炎武 、 董必武 、 武侯祠 、 武宁县 、 武松 、 武照 、 武功镇 、 灵武 、 武川 、 长武县 、 武鸣 、 武汉地区 、 武安市 、 武威地区 、 周武王姬发 、 仁武

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• 卷二十六 唐書2: 武皇本紀下 Volume 26 Book of Later Tang 2: Wuhuang Annals 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 128
• 卷二十五 唐書1: 武皇本紀上 Volume 25 Book of Later Tang 1: Wuhuang Annals 1 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 115
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 110
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 108
• 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 95
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 93
• 卷一百四十二 列傳第九十二: 李寶臣 王武俊 王廷湊 Volume 142 Biographies 92: Li Baochen, Wang Wujun, Wang Tingcou Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 80
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 78
• 卷19 列傳第11 達奚武 子震 侯莫陳順 豆盧寧 宇文貴 楊忠 王雄 Volume 19 Biographies 11: Da Xiwu; Zi Zhen; Houmo Chenshun; Dou Luning; Yu Wengui; Yang Zhong; Wang Xiong Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 76
• 卷十八 志第八 禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 75

Collocations

• 武子 (武子) 魏武子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 75
• 季武 (季武) 季武子如晉見 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 26
• 武公 (武公) 美武公之德也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧淇奧 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Qi Wei — count: 23
• 武子曰 (武子曰) 隨武子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 19
• 赵武 (趙武) 趙武為卿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 16
• 武仲 (武仲) 季文子問師數於臧武仲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 12
• 知武 (知武) 知武子佐下軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
• 臧武 (臧武) 季文子問師數於臧武仲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
• 武夫 (武夫) 赳赳武夫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 9
• 武伯 (武伯) 武伯伐成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 9