"Tu" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Tus [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Chinesebor. English Tu Borrowed from Chinese. Most likely from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 屠 (Tú). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|zh:-|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Chinesebor. English Tu [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Chinese", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "zh" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Tu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Tu"> Borrowed from Chinese., {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|屠|tr=Tú}} 屠 (Tú) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Tu (plural Tus)
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Tu-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} Tu
  1. Abbreviation of Tuesday. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Tuesday
    Sense id: en-Tu-en-noun-geOfgtbM Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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