Wu

American  

[woo] / wu /

noun

1. a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 222–80.

2. a Chinese language having several dialects, spoken widely in Anhwei, Chekiang, and Kiangsu provinces and including the dialect of Shanghai.

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Wu ¹ British  

/ wuː /

noun

1. a group of dialects of Chinese spoken around the Yangtze delta

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Wu ² British  

/ wuː /

noun

1. Harry, real name Wu Hongda. born 1937, Chinese dissident and human-rights campaigner, a US citizen from 1994: held in labour camps (1960–79); exiled to the US in 1985 but returned secretly to document forced labour in Chinese prisons

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Wu Scientific  

/ wo̅o̅ /

1. Chinese-born American physicist. Research with her colleagues on electron emission in the decay of radioactive elements showed that parity symmetry, long thought to hold for all physical laws, is in fact violated; the decay processes displayed odd parity, essentially entailing that nature distinguishes between right-handed and left-handed processes.

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Example Sentences

“We expect the incoming governor to adopt a more cautious policy stance,” said Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Benson Wu, citing Shin’s expertise in a volatile, geopolitically driven environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The research, published in Science on March 12, 2026, was led by Wu Tsai Neuro postdoctoral scholars Claire Bedbrook and Ravi Nath.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

This conclusion comes from a new study supported by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

O'Sullivan will face China's Wu Yize in the semi-finals after he stormed past Northern Ireland's Mark Allen with a 5-1 win.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

When my brother accused Auntie of frightening our mother away, Auntie shouted that our mother had married a man named Wu Tsing who already had a wife, two concubines, and other bad children.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan