吴
surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods
吴
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口
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天
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Mnemonic symbol: the water buffalo from Wu.
Willy Walrus (w) enters the space station (Ø2) with a big mandarin (口) in his hands. The water buffalo (吴) sees it and begins to pant heavily, slightly in panic. Fortunately there is an angel (天) around to calm him down and let him know that it's not the sun he's fearing.
Willy Walrus (w) enters the space station (Ø2) with a big mandarin (口) in his hands. The water buffalo (吴) sees it and begins to pant heavily, slightly in panic. Fortunately there is an angel (天) around to calm him down and let him know that it's not the sun he's fearing.
吴 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
day / sky / heaven
Characters with 吴 as component
mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly
误
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吴
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讠
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Recently, mission control had an advertising column (讠) set up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). On the column is written that interracial love is WRONG (误) and should be banned. To protest this, Willy Walrus (w) and the water buffalo (吴) show their love for each other by having a shower together in the space station's bathroom.
centipede
happy / used in historical names
to impede / to delay / variant of 誤|误[wu4]
stag / herd
Words with 吴
Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community
Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect / also written 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3]
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 Qi3]
Wu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and gallbladder disorders
Sentences with 吴
吴 currently does not appear in any sentence.