Wu

Look up WU, Wu, wu, or wu- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wu may refer to:

Places

  • Wu (region) (; ), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue
    • Wu Chinese (吴语; 吳語), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region
    • Wuyue culture (吳越文化), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region
  • Wu (state) (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Old Chinese: *ŋʷˤa), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period 771–476 BCE
    • Suzhou or Wu (苏州; 蘇州; Sūzhōu), its eponymous capital
    • Wu County (吴县; 吳縣; Wúxiàn), a former county in Suzhou
  • Eastern Wu (东吴; 東吳; Dōng Wú) or Sun Wu (孙吴; 孫吳; Sūn Wú), one of the Three Kingdoms in 184/220–280 CE
  • Li Zitong (吳帝, died 622), who declared a brief Wu dynasty during the Sui–Tang interregnum in 619–620 CE
  • Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (杨吴; 楊吳; Yáng Wú), one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 907–960 CE
  • Wuyue (吴越; 吳越; Wúyuè), another of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 907–960 CE
  • Wu River (disambiguation), various rivers in China

Language

  • Wu Chinese, a group of Sinitic languages that includes Shanghaiese

People

  • Wu (surname) (or Woo) (吳), several different Chinese surnames
    • Wu (surname 伍)
    • Wu (surname 武)
  • Chinese rulers
    • Emperor Wu (disambiguation)
    • King Wu (disambiguation)
    • Duke Wu (disambiguation)
    • Wu Zetian (624–705), also known as Empress Wu
  • Wu, nickname of the singer of alternative rock band This Et Al

Religion

  • Wu (awareness), a concept of awareness, consciousness or enlightenment in the Chinese folk religion
  • Wú (negative), Zhaozhou's response to the question: "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature?"
  • Wu (shaman), shaman in Chinese folk religion

Arts and entertainment

  • "Doctor Wu", a song on the 1975 album Katy Lied by the band Steely Dan
  • Mr. Wu (1919 film), a 1919 British drama film based on the 1913 play
  • Mr. Wu (1927 film), a 1927 American silent movie starring Lon Chaney

Characters

  • Mr. Wu, a character referred to in several songs of the 1930s and 1940s by George Formby
  • Mr. Wu, a character from the HBO TV series Deadwood
  • Sensei Wu, a character in Ninjago
  • Sgt. Wu, a character from the TV series Grimm
  • Marcy Wu, a character from the TV series Amphibia
  • Madame Wu, a character in the Simpsons episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan"

See also

  • Woo (disambiguation)
  • WU (disambiguation)
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