chu

Etymology

From the Japanese onomatopoeia ちゅっ (chu).

Interjection

chu

1. 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

• smooch

Anagrams

• UHC, huc

Particle

chu

1. H-system spelling of ĉu

Etymology 1

Past participle of choir. From Old French cheü, chaü, from a Vulgar Latin root *cadūtu(s) as the past participle of *cadēre, from Latin cadō. Compare Occitan casut, Italian caduto, Catalan caigut, Romanian căzut.

Etymology 2

Contraction of je +‎ suis.

Noun

chu

1. year

Alternative forms

• chuu (Alaska)

Noun

chu

1. (Canada) water

Romanization

chu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゅ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チュ

Romanization

chu (Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of chū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chù.

Etymology

From English chew.

Verb

chu

1. chew

Adjective

chu (masculine before vowel chut, feminine chute, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chutes)

1. (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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cʊw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 周.