吴 (吳) wú

1. wú proper noun Wu
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Dynasty 朝代
   Notes: A state during the Spring and Autumn Period straddling the mouth of the Yangtze River (Guoyu '吳' n 1; Unihan '吳')
2. wú proper noun Jiangsu
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Province 省
   Notes: Abbreviation for 江苏 Jiangsu (Guoyu '吳' n 3)
3. wú proper noun Wu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '吳' n 4; Unihan '吳')
4. wú proper noun Wu dialect
   Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Dialect 方言
   Notes: A dialect spoken in Jiangsu, south of the Yangtze, including the Jiangnan and Shanghai, but not Nanjing, and Zhejiang (Norman 1988, p. 199; Sun 2006, loc. 425).
5. wú proper noun Eastern Wu
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: State 国
   Notes: (222-280) One of the states of the Three Kingdoms Period (FE, p. 1669; GHDC, p. 2545; Guoyu '吳' n 2)
6. wú verb to speak loudly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '吳' v)

Contained in

• 吴越同舟(吳越同舟) Wu and Yue in the same boat; cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end
• 天低吴楚，眼空无物(天低吳楚，眼空無物) the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see
• 吴王阖庐(吳王闔廬) King Helu of Wu
• 吴市吹箫(吳市吹簫) to beg while playing the xiao
• 吴宇森(吳宇森) John Woo
• 吴楚(吳楚) southern states of Wu and Chu; the middle and lower Yangtze valley
• 吴带当风(吳帶當風) in the style of Wu Dao Zi
• 吴下阿蒙(吳下阿蒙) model of self-improvement by diligent study
• 吴侬娇语(吳儂嬌語) pleasant-sounding Wu dialect

Also contained in

吴起县 、 吴声歌曲 、 吴船录 、 吴淞 、 吴堡 、 吴哥通王城 、 吴语 、 吴祥子 、 吴王阖闾 、 吴广 、 吴忠 、 吴江 、 吴宓 、 吴用 、 吴子 、 吴哥 、 吴永刚 、 吴官正 、 章敬吴太后 、 吴仪 、 吴中区 、 吴起 、 孙吴 、 吴趼人 、 吴哥通 、 吴江市 、 吴兴 、 孙破虏吴夫人 、 吴玉章 、 吴师道 、 吴志 、 吴川 、 大吴哥 、 吴镇宇 、 吴中 、 柬吴哥王朝 、 吴文英 、 吴郡 、 吴川市 、 吴天明 、 吴兴区 、 吴方言

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 116
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 113
• 卷四十八 吳書三 三嗣主傳 Volume 48: Book of Wu 3 - Biographies of the three heirs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 84
• 《世家‧吳太伯世家》 Genealogies - House of Wu Taibo Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 70
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 70
• 卷三十七 志第二十七 州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 65
• 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 59
• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 58
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 56
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 55

Collocations

• 吴人 (吳人) 吳人不至 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 19
• 伐吴 (伐吳) 楚公子嬰齊帥師伐吳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 15
• 荀吴 (荀吳) 晉侯使荀吳來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 14
• 吴师 (吳師) 大敗吳師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 13
• 会吴 (會吳) 將始會吳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 9
• 朝吴 (朝吳) 事朝吳曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 吴伐 (吳伐) 吳伐郯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
• 吴公子 (吳公子) 吳公子札來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 吴帅 (吳帥) 晉荀吳帥師敗狄于大鹵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 吴灭 (吳滅) 吳滅州來 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5