name
Meaning 1
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Hu
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/hu/
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ho͞o
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rhymes with -uː
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homophone: hue
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homophone: huh
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CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Any of several peoples of China, for example the Tatars of northwestern China, whom the Chinese considered barbarians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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name
Meaning 3
The god of the creation word in Egyptian mythology.
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name
Meaning 4
A town in Egypt, located on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the seventh nome of Upper Egypt.
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name
Meaning 5
A name for God in the Eckankar new religious movement.
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noun
Meaning 6
Initialism of Hazara University.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of handling unit.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: logistics
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noun
Meaning 8
Initialism of Hounsfield unit on the Hounsfield scale, a unit of measurement used on a computed tomography machine.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 9
prefix for utility helicopter designations
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, obsolete
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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pron
Meaning 10
they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: epicene, neologism, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third-person
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pron
Meaning 11
them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: epicene, neologism, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third-person
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pron
Meaning 12
their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: epicene, neologism, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
From Chinese 胡 (hú). Doublet of Wu. For less common variants, see Hu.
From Arabic هُو (hū), from the town's ancient name, Egyptian ḥwt-sḫm.
Clipping of human, first offered for usage by Mikhail Epstein, professor of cultural theory at Emory University (in 2003).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هُو (hū) — Chinese surname
- Arabic: خُو (ḵū) — Chinese surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 胡 (Hú) — Chinese surname
- Greek: Χου — Chinese surname
- Hebrew: חו — Chinese surname
- Hindi: हु (hu) — Chinese surname
- Hindi: ख़ू (xū) — Chinese surname
- Japanese: 胡 (Ko) — Chinese surname
- Japanese: ホゥー (Hū) — Chinese surname
- Japanese: フー (Fū) — Chinese surname
- Korean: 호 (Ho) — Chinese surname
- Korean: 후 (Hu) — Chinese surname
- Persian: هو — Chinese surname
- Russian: Ху (Xu) — Chinese surname
- Thai: หู (hǔu) — Chinese surname
- Vietnamese: Hồ — Chinese surname