"cu" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /kʰuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰuː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ku¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kū [Cantonese, Yale], ku¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ku¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English cushion. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|cushion}} English cushion, {{yue-etym-clip-en|cushion}} Clipping of English cushion. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} cu
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, billiards, snooker, pool) cushion (lip around the table) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Billiards, Snooker Synonyms:
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    },
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    },
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    }
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    {
      "word": "咕"
    }
  ],
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