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Meaning of 呜

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呜 (Trad.: 嗚)
Pinyin: wū
English Definition: (onom.) for humming or whimpering
Chinese Definition:
①(呜呼)a。文言叹词;b。旧时祭文常用以表示叹息,后借指死亡,如“一命呜呜”。均亦作“乌呼”、“於呼”、“於戲”。
②象声词:汽笛呜呜地响。她呜呜地哭。
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 口
Pictophonetic:乌 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
    • 乌 [ wū ] crow, rook, raven; black, dark
Similar Characters: 吗 鸣 坞
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Example Words
呜咽 wū yè to sob; to whimper
呜呼 wū hū alas; alack; welladay; wellaway; to die
呜呼哀哉 wū hū āi zāi alas; all is lost
一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū to die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost
呜呜 wū wū (interj) boo hoo
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Example Sentences
1
火车呜的一声飞驰而过
。
The train zoomed past.
2
我用一个打火机
,
呜
,
我烧断了线
。
I take a burner , and I burn away this thread.
3
我给她买了棒棒糖
,
一吹就呜的打响的小喇叭
。
我就往回走
。
I bought lollipops and a toot-toot bugle. I started for home.
4
如果主人家知道了多比来过这儿
……
(
颤抖
)
呜
!
If they ever knew Dobby was here... (shivery) oooo!
5
钢牙嚼碎薄薄的塑料
,
一点细微的嘶呜
,
玫瑰瞬间化为万千碎片
。
The unit emits a thin scream as steel teeth slash laminated plastic and the rose is shredded into a thousand fragments.