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How to use mu in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, interjection

Mu means the 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet. Example: “Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination.”

Examples of mu by meaning

interjectionNeither yes nor no.

  • Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination.1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company...
  • In uttering Buddha-nature-emptiness one does not say "half a pound." One does not say "eight ounces." One says "mu."2002, Norman Waddell, Masao Abe, The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō, page 72
  • A monk once asked Master Joshu, 'Has a dog the Buddha Nature or not?' Joshu said, 'Mu!'2010, Joan Price, Sacred Scriptures of the World Religions, page 70

nounNothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality.

  • That being the case, we should naturally choose to contemplate mu from morning to night, forgetting everything.2012, Omori, Introduction To Zen Training, →ISBN, page 115
  • Consequently, though mu is mindlike, the likeness to individual consciousness cannot be pushed very far.2012, Dr Robert Wilkinson, Nishida and Western Philosophy, →ISBN
  • The monk posed to Chaoi-chou a question: Does a dog have a buddha nature or not?" Chao-chou, without a moment's hesitation, answered, “Mu." (Translated as "No.")2013, Sean Murphy, Natalie Goldberg, One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories, →ISBN, page xvii

nounA unit of surface area, currently equivalent to two-thirtieths of a hectare.

  • Farmers earn a considerable income through tobacco cultivation, which can yield an annual gross income of Rmb 1,500-2,000 per mu.2004, Peter Ho, “The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty?”, in Rural...
  • Of 114 village farming families, only ten had more than 30 mu of land and only five had more than 60 mu.2007, Chang Liu, Peasants and Revolution in Rural China: Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949...

More sentences with mu

  • Muñoz grimly acknowledged the possibility that surveillance irregularities had occurred earlier this decade.2009 September 17, Simon Romero, “A Scandal Over Spying Intensifies in Colombia”, in New York Times. From the entry bunkeresque
  • The spectrum of electrons arising from the decay of the negative mu meson has been determined.1955 March, CP Sargent, “Diffusion Cloud-Chamber Study of Very Slow Mesons”, in Physical Review. From the entry muon
  • Mu Ji Xin. a Nakhi friend, helped me find a collection of tales that had been translated from Nakhi to Chinese.1997, Carolyn Han, Tales from Within the Clouds: Nakhi Stories of China, →ISBN, page x. From the entry Nakhi
  • Prabhu Deva): “Oru muṭivu eṭuttā nānē en pēccu kēṭkamāṭṭēn” (Once I make a decision, even I won’t listen to what I say).2022, Constantine V. Nakassis, “Chapter Three: The Politics of Parody”, in Onscreen/Offscreen, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry punch dialogue
  • This example also shows the combination of a hypocorrect construction with a “high” stylistic figure, that is, paronomasia (or figura etymologica—mafʿūl muțlaq).2013, Jonathan Owens, The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry hypocorrect
  • This form of grassland is mainly located in the mountainous region of Longnan Prefecture, and covers a total area of 12 million mu.1993, John W. Longworth, Gregory J. Williamson, “Gansu”, in China's Pastoral Region: Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland…. From the entry Longnan
  • If that happens, the muḡtahids will find themselves battling against a secularizing force far more powerful than that of the Pahlavi šāhs.1983, Israel Oriental Studies, volume 10, pages 198, 210. From the entry šāh
  • Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.1939, Morris Swadesh & C. F. Voegelin, A Problem in Phonological Alternation, in Language, Vol. 15, No. 1. From the entry metathesize

Meaning of mu

  1. noun The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
  2. interjection Neither yes nor no.
  3. noun Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality.

Full definition of mu

Questions about mu in a sentence

How do you use mu in a sentence?
Mu is used as a noun and interjection. For example: “Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination.”
What is a short sentence with mu?
“Muñoz grimly acknowledged the possibility that surveillance irregularities had occurred earlier this decade.”
What does mu mean?
Mu means the 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

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