• IPA^(key):/tʃu/
• Homophone:chew
• Rhymes:-uː

Typically, theWade–Giles romanization of the commonMandarin朱(Zhū)Wade-Giles romanization:Chu¹.

• Zhu(Hanyu Pinyin)

Chu

1. Asurname from Mandarin.

• Chu-Harrington limit

FromMandarin楚(Chǔ),储(Chǔ), and褚(Chǔ).

• Ch'u(Wade–Giles)

Chu

1. (historical) AnancientChineseviscounty andkingdom of theZhoudynasty (circa 1030–223B.C.E.) along theYangtzeRiver.
   • 1971, “Historical Relic Unearthed During the Cultural Revolution”, inEastern Horizon‎^[1], volume X, number 5,Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press,→ISSN,→OCLC,page26, column 2:

     A group of bronzes of the late Western Chou were uncovered in Chingshan County, Hupeh Province, and 25 pieces of stone ching (musical chimes) with a painted design of the State ofChu were found in Chiangling County of the same province.

2. (historical) Therealm ofthisstate, as aregion orfief inlaterimperialChina.
3. (historical)Huan Chu, theshort-livedkingdom ofHuan Xuan (403–404C.E.).
4. (historical)Ma Chu, akingdom (907–951C.E.) during theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

• Huan Chu (5th century state)
• Ma Chu (10th century state)

FromRussianЧу(Ču), from its local name.

Chu

1. A river inKazakhstan andKyrgyzstan.
   • 1884,Élisée Reclus, translated byErnest George Ravensteinet al.,The Earth and Its Inhabitants,Vol. VI,p. 187:

     TheKara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of theTian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming thewater-parting between theSir andChu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, andargentiferous lead.

• Shu,Chui,Chuy

• UHC,cuh,huc

Borrowed fromHokkien朱(Chu).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃu/[ˈt͡ʃu]
  • IPA^(key):(no yod coalescence)/ˈtsu/[ˈt͡su]
• Rhymes:-u
• Syllabification:Chu
• Homophones:Cheu,Chew,Chiu

Chu (Baybayin spellingᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipinosurname from Hokkien

• IPA^(key):/tʃu/

chū

1. big

• Gūnáhà. Tsuut'ina Gunaha Institute.https://gunaha.altlab.app/

Sino-Vietnamese word from周 or朱.

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[t͡ɕʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[cʊw˧˧]
• Homophones:chu,tru

Chu

1. theZhou dynasty(1046–256BCE)
2. asurname from Chinese

• Châu