吴
Ancient forms
3 forms- Oracle boneShang
- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 吳RegularTraditional
- 吴SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
Wú wu2
- surname Wu
- area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
- name of states in southern China at different historical periods
Example sentences
- I can speak Standard Chinese (Putonghua), Southwestern Mandarin, Wu Chinese, and Spanish.
Words with 吴
- 吴郭鱼wúguōyú(Tw) tilapia
- 吴市吹箫wúshìchuīxiāo(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 (Wǔ Zǐ xū) exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史记 (Shǐ jì))
- 吴子WúzǐWuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 (Wǔ jīng Qī shū), written by Wu Qi 吴起 (Wú Qǐ)
- 吴县WúxiànWu county in Jiangsu
- 吴国WúguóWu state (in south China, in different historical periods)
- 吴语WúyǔWu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
- 东吴DōngWúEastern Wu (222-280)
- 吴用WúYòngWu Yong, character of 水浒传 (Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn), nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星 (Zhì duō xīng)
- 吴起WúQǐWu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吴子 (Wú zǐ), one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 (Wǔ jīng Qī shū)
- 吴广WúGuǎngWu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陈胜吴广起义 (Chén Shèng Wú Guǎng Qǐ yì)
- 吴兴WúxīngWuxing district of Huzhou city 湖州市 (Hú zhōu shì), Zhejiang
- 吴旗WúqíWuqi town and county, Shaanxi