"fu" meaning in English

See fu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Etymology: From fuck + you. Head templates: {{en-interj}} fu
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of fuck you. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: fuck you
    Sense id: en-fu-en-intj-uftwiNsn Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: fus [plural]
Etymology: * Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun}} fu (plural fus)
  1. flux unit
    Sense id: en-fu-en-noun-gAsUFUuC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 24 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 58 29 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 24 entries: 1 33 19 6 2 2 17 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 39 21 4 2 1 19 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: fu [plural]
Etymology: From Mandarin 賦/赋 (fù). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|賦|tr=fù}} 賦/赋 (fù) Head templates: {{en-noun|fu}} fu (plural fu)
  1. A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry): 賦 /赋 (fù) (Chinese Mandarin), (fu) (alt: ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-fu-en-noun-mJI7253k Disambiguation of Poetry: 2 8 56 20 15 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fu (uncountable)
  1. (informal) kung fu Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fu-en-noun-C-MDaaV0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} fu, {{en-suffix}} fu
  1. Alternative spelling of -fu Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -fu
    Sense id: en-fu-en-suffix-LkMshj8T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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