# chu
## Translingual
### Symbol

chu
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old Church Slavonic.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Old Church Slavonic terms

## English
### Etymology 1

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

#### Interjection

chu
* (anime and manga fandom slang) The sound of a kiss.
** 1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon‎ (Usenet):By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."
** 2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena‎ (Usenet):>Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending. <chu!> Seems fine to me. ^_^
** 2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena‎ (Usenet):movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

#### See also

* mwah
* smooch

### Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.

#### Pronoun

chu
* (slang, nonstandard) You.
    Synonym: cha

## Chipewyan
### Adverb

chu
* also

## Esperanto
### Particle

chu
* H-system spelling of ĉu

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃy/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cheü, chaü, from Vulgar Latin *cadūtus, past participle for Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

#### Participle

chu (feminine chue, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chues)
* past participle of choir

##### Related terms

* déchu

### Etymology 2

Contraction of je suis.

#### Alternative forms

* chui, chuis, j’suis

#### Phrase

chu
* (Quebec, colloquial) I am
    Chu vraiment tanné, là!I'm real fed up!

## Garo
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

chu
* beer, alcohol

## Guerrero Amuzgo
### Noun

chu
* year

## Hän
### Alternative forms

* chuu (Alaska)

### Noun

chu
* (Canada) water

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of chu – see 書 (“book; codex; letter; document; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 書).

## Japanese
### Romanization

chu
* The hiragana syllable ちゅ (chu) or the katakana syllable チュ (chu) in Hepburn romanization.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

chu (chu$^5$ / chu$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)
* Nonstandard spelling of chū.
* Nonstandard spelling of chú.
* Nonstandard spelling of chǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of chù.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English chew.

### Verb

chu
* chew

## Norman
### Adjective

chu (masculine before vowel chut, feminine chute, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chutes)
* (France, Jersey) this
    Je le viyis chu jouo quaund je feus à la feire ― I saw him that day as I went to the fair
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 515:Tout chu qui vient de flot se retournera d'ebe.All that comes with the flood will return with the ebb.

## San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃṳ˧/

### Noun

chu (plural ndyu)
* year

#### Derived terms

* chu jndyo

### References

* Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕu˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [cʊw˧˧]

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

chu
* (of lips) to protrude

### Etymology 2
#### Romanization

chu
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 周

##### Derived terms

* bách chu niên (百周年, “centenary”)
* chỉn chu (“meticulous”)
* chu cấp (周給, “to financially support”)
* chu du (周遊, “to travel around”)
* chu đáo (周到, “attentive”)
* chu kì, chu kỳ (周期, “period; cycle”)
* chu tất (周悉, “meticulously”)
* chu toàn (周全, “thoroughly; to care for”)
* chu trình (周程, “cycle; routine”)
* chu vi (周圍, “circumference”)
* đẳng chu (等周, “isometric”)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /χɨː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /χiː/
* Homophone: chi (South Wales only)

### Adjective

chu
* Aspirate mutation of cu.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.