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烏
简 乌 · 繁 烏Mandarin · pinyin wū#
Meanings · wū
- crow
- black
Mandarin · pinyin wù#
Meanings · wù
- used in 烏拉 wù la
- used in 烏拉草 wù la cǎo
Mandarin · pinyin Wū#
Meanings · Wū
- abbr. for country names that begin with 烏 wū: Ukraine 烏克蘭 Wū kè lán, Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦 Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn etc
- surname Wu
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- crow; raven; rook
- (obsolete, metonymic) sun
- (literary or in compounds or Hakka, Min) black; dark
- (literary) to dye black
- (literary) An interrogative pronoun with a variety of meanings, including "how", "why", "where", etc.
- a surname
- Short for: — 烏克蘭／乌克兰 (Wūkèlán, “Ukraine”)
- Short for: — 烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī, “Uruguay”)
- Short for: — 烏茲別克斯坦／乌兹别克斯坦 (Wūzībiékèsītǎn, “Uzbekistan”)
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