xu

See also: xú, xù, xū, Xū, xǔ, xứ, xử, and ǃXũ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/

Noun

xu (plural xu)

1. A minor unit of currency in Vietnam, now little-used, forming a hundredth of a dong.

Anagrams

• & ux., UX

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Gothic

Romanization

xu

1. Romanization of 𐍇𐌿

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Mandarin

Romanization

xu (Zhuyin ˙ㄒㄩ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 蓿

xu

1. Nonstandard spelling of xū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of xǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xù.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Unami

Particle

xu

1. future tense marker

   Làpi xu pè.

   He will come again.

   Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.

   Tomorrow I will make sapan.

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “xu”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From French sou.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [su˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sʊw˧˧]

Noun

xu

1. xu (1/100th of a dong); cent; penny

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đồng xu