"wushu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwuːˈʃuː/
Etymology: From Mandarin 武術/武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|武術|martial techniques}} 武術/武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wushu (uncountable)
  1. Any Chinese martial art. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Martial arts Translations (martial art): اَلْوُوشُو (al-wūšū) [masculine] (Arabic), ուշու (ušu) (Armenian), 武術 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 武术 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 武術 (Chinese Mandarin), 武术 (wǔshù) (Chinese Mandarin), wushu (Finnish), wushu [masculine] (French), Wushu [neuter] (German), wushu (Indonesian), 武術 (bujutsu) (alt: ぶじゅつ) (Japanese), វូស៊ូ (vuusuu) (Khmer), 무술 (musul) (alt: 武術) (Korean), wusyu (Malay), ووشو (vošo) (Persian), wushu [neuter] (Polish), wushu [masculine] (Portuguese), ушу́ (ušú) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), wushu [masculine] (Spanish), wushu (Swedish), วูซู (Thai), võ thuật (alt: 武術) (Vietnamese), vũ thuật (alt: 武術) (Vietnamese), ủ su (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-wushu-en-noun-6i0Xt6qU Disambiguation of Martial arts: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'martial art': 70 30
  2. A modern exhibition and full-contact sport based on traditional Chinese martial arts, created in the People's Republic of China. Also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Martial arts
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.