Shu
/ʃuː/
Shu proper noun: a god personifying the air and atmosphere.
Proper noun (1)
Shu
- A god personifying the air and atmosphere.
Proper noun (2)
Shu (plural Shus)
Proper noun (3)
Shu
- A partially sinicized civilization in ancient Sichuan, China; existing during the time period of Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty in the neighbouring Empire of China (Huaxia).
- Historians know relatively little about the Sanxingdui culture, which left behind no written records or human remains, though many believe it to be part of the ancient kingdom of Shu. It's hoped the latest finds will shed light on the kingdom, which ruled in the western Sichuan basin along the...2022 June 14, Kathleen Magramo, “Sacrificial altar among 13,000 relics unearthed at Sanxingdui archaeological site in China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2022, Arts
- Synonyms:
- Shu culutre, Shu civilization
- The former territory of the Shu, Shu civilization, Shu culture, in what is now Sichuan, China
- A former kingdom the primary state of the Shu civilization, Shu culture, in what is now Sichuan, China
- A Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms period.
- A Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Ten Kingdoms period.
- A later Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Ten Kingdoms period.
Proper noun (4)
Shu
Proper noun (5)
Shu
- Synonym of Chu, a river in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
- Synonyms:
- Chu
Noun capitalized: SHU
- Initialism of Scoville heat unit.
- Acronym of security housing unit.
- He picked a fight on the yard and got himself put into the SHU the day before my release.2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 200
- Acronym of segregated housing unit.
- Acronym of special housing unit.
- Acronym of special handling unit.
Synonyms of Shu
- Shu culutre
- Shu civilization
- Shu kingdom
- Shu dynasty
- Chu
- administrative segregation
- ad-seg
- block
- box
- cooler
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Forms of Shu
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Shus |
| alternative form | Shuh |
| Noun | |
| plural | SHU's |
| plural | SHUs |
Origin of Shu
Borrowed from Egyptian šw (“Shu”, literally “Emptiness”), a derivative of the verb šwj (“to be empty, devoid of”).
From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various Chinese surnames, including those variously romanized as Xu or Hsu whose separate sound /ɕ/ is conflated with /ʃ/ by English speakers.
From romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 蜀 (Shǔ).
Phrases with Shu
Words that rhyme with Shu
Questions about Shu
- What does Shu mean?
- Shu means a god personifying the air and atmosphere.
- What part of speech is Shu?
- Shu can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Shu?
- Shu is pronounced /ʃuː/.
Words near Shu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Shu (page history and authors); SHU (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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