noun
Meaning 1
Any Chinese martial art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wushu
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/ˈwuːˈʃuː/
noun
Meaning 2
A modern exhibition and full-contact sport based on traditional Chinese martial arts, created in the People's Republic of China. Also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Mandarin 武術/武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اَلْوُوشُو (al-wūšū) — martial art
- Armenian: ուշու (ušu) — martial art
- Chinese: 武術 /武术 (zh-min-nan) — martial art
- Chinese Mandarin: 武術 /武术 (wǔshù) — martial art
- Finnish: wushu — martial art
- French: wushu — martial art
- German: Wushu — martial art
- Indonesian: wushu — martial art
- Japanese: 武術 (bujutsu) — martial art
- Khmer: វូស៊ូ (vuusuu) — martial art
- Korean: 무술 (musul) — martial art
- Korean: 우슈 (ushu) — martial art
- Malay: wusyu — martial art
- Persian: ووشو (vošo) — martial art
- Polish: wushu — martial art
- Portuguese: wushu — martial art
- Russian: ушу́ (ušú) — martial art
- Spanish: wushu — martial art
- Swedish: wushu — martial art
- Thai: วูซู — martial art
- Vietnamese: võ thuật — martial art
- Vietnamese: vũ thuật — martial art
- Vietnamese: ủ su — martial art
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