Wu-hu

See also:wūhū,Wuhu,Wúhú,andWǔhú

English

Map includingWU-HUVu hồ(AMS, 1952)→OCLC

Etymology

FromMandarinVu hồ／Vu hồ(Wúhú),Wade–Gilesromanization:Wu²-hu².

Pronunciation

• enPR:wo͞oʹho͞oʹ

Proper noun

Wu-hu

1. Alternative form ofWuhu
   • 1865,John Francis Davis,Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes‎^[1],London:John Murray,→OCLC,pages178–179:

     On the 30th October the strength of the stream and the want of wind obliged us to stop atWu-hu,a very considerable town about ten miles above the "Pillar Hocks," and dependent upon Taeping....QuittingWu-huon the 31st October, we started with a north-west wind,

   • 1939,Virginia Holton,The Beeps‎^[2],New York:John Day Company,→OCLC,page133:

     As my husband's ship stopped for a day or two at Kiu-kiang, Anking, andWu-hu,enroute to Nanking, I arrived three days before his ship anchored off the bund.

Translations

Wuhu—seeWuhu

Further reading

• “Wu-hu”inTheFreeDictionary.com,Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.