shu

¹

[ shoo ]

noun

1. the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.

Shu

²

[ shoo ]

noun

, Egyptian Religion.

1. the god of the air, sometimes represented with arms upraised, supporting the vault of heaven.

SHU

³

abbreviation for

1. Scoville heat unit. Scoville scale

Word History and Origins

Origin of shu¹

From the Chinese word shù

Example Sentences

Then each family would have Mu Shu for dinner that night.

From Salon

Glover persevered through the second-to-last sauce, High River Sauces’ Peppers Up!, which has a Scoville rating of 700,000 SHU.

From Salon

"Restoring hearing in both ears of children who are born deaf can maximize the benefits of hearing recovery," said lead study author Yilai Shu MD, PhD, professor, director of Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Genetic Hearing Loss affiliated with the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, "These new results show this approach holds great promise and warrant larger international trials."

From Science Daily

"These results confirm the efficacy of the treatment that we previously reported on and represent a major step in gene therapy for genetic hearing loss," said Shu.

From Science Daily

Shu trained under Chen for four years as a postdoctoral fellow at Mass Eye and Ear, with their collaboration continuing for more than a decade since he returned to Shanghai.

From Science Daily