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fu

fu is the initialism of fuck you.

fu is the alternative spelling of -fu.

Meaning of fuck you

Phrase

fuck you

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Expresses discontent or contempt.
    • So you're not gonna help me?! Well, fuck you!
    Synonyms:
    fuck yourself, go fuck yourself, kill oneself
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) Go away; go to hell.
    • You’ve done enough to ruin our outing, so fuck you!
  3. (idiomatic, vulgar) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fuck, you.
    Synonyms:
    go away

See all 4 meanings of fuck you

Meaning of -fu

Suffix

-fu

  1. (slang) Used to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge.
    • Google + -fu → Google-fu

Noun (1)

fu (plural fus)

  1. flux unit

Noun (2)

fu (plural fu)

  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.

Noun (3)

fu (uncountable)

  1. (informal) kung fu
    • But the commercial timing was right—fu flicks were everywhere, and David Carradine and Bruce Lee were cult figures.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 315

Noun (4) capitalized: FU

FU (plural FUs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of follow-up.

Adjective capitalized: FU

FU (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of fine used (in stamp descriptions).

Phrase capitalized: FU

FU

  1. (abbreviation, vulgar) Abbreviation of fuck you.
    • Rodney’s English was pretty basic that first year, but, according to Elesin, their face said FU, no translation needed.2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 133

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Fu

Fu

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Fu

Fu

  1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
    • The battle of Chihlo, south-west of Fu county, was the last major engagement in which the Central Red Army took part after its arrival in October and in which one of the enemy divisions was completely annihilated.1954, Mao Tse-tung, Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, volume 1, Bombay: People's Publishing House, →OCLC, page 316
    • Mao's early career also illustrates his ability to alternate upsurges of optimistic advance with calculated retreats and cold pragmatism. One reason why flexibility and pragmatism were so important was the tendency of Mao's comrades to implement orthodox Russian Marxism without making allowance for...1977, Dick Wilson, editor, Mao Tse-tung in the Scales of History: a Preliminary Assessment, Cambridge University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177
  2. A surname from Chinese

Synonyms of fu

Forms of fu

pluralfus
pluralfu
pluralFUs

Origin of fu

From fuck + you.

* Abbreviation

From Mandarin 賦／赋 (fù).

Words formed from fu

Phrases with fu

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Questions about fu

What does fu mean?
Fu means flux unit.
What is fu the initialism of?
Fu is the initialism of fuck you.
What part of speech is fu?
Fu can be a noun, an adjective, a phrase or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fu?
The plural of fu is fus.

Words near fu in the dictionary

  1. FTX
  2. FTXs
  3. Fty.
  4. FTZ
  5. ft³
  6. fu
  7. fu dog
  8. fu dogs
  9. Fu Jian
  10. fu ling
  11. fu lion

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fu (page history and authors); FU (page history and authors); Fu (page history and authors); fuck you (page history and authors); -fu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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