chu

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

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! ^.~

• smooch

• UHC, huc

chu

1. H-system spelling of ĉu

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.

chu m (feminine singular chue, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chues)

1. past participle of choir

• déchu

Contraction of je +‎ suis.

• chui, chuis, j'suis

• IPA^(key): /ʃy/

chu

1. (Quebec, colloquial) I am.

chu

1. year

• chuu (Alaska)

chu

1. (Canada) water

chu

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

chu (Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄨ)

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

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From English chew.

chu

1. chew

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃṳ˧/

chu (plural ndyu)

1. year

• chu jndyo

• Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

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

chu

1. (of lips) to protrude

Sino-Vietnamese word from 周.

chu

1. (only in compounds) thorough; meticulous