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Meaning of Hu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
/hu/

Definitions

  1. A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
  2. Any of several peoples of China, for example the Tatars of northwestern China, whom the Chinese considered barbarians.
    historical
  3. The god of the creation word in Egyptian mythology.
  4. A town in Egypt, located on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the seventh nome of Upper Egypt.
  5. Initialism of Hazara University.
    Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. A name for God in the Eckankar new religious movement.
  7. Initialism of handling unit.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  8. Initialism of Hounsfield unit on the Hounsfield scale, a unit of measurement used on a computed tomography machine.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  9. prefix for utility helicopter designations
    US, obsolete

Equivalents

العربية خُو هو
Ελληνικά χου
日本語 ブー ホゥー
한국어
Русский Ху
ไทย หู
Tiếng Việt hồ

Examples

“At the center of it all was Hu Shuo-Chieh, a decorated Taiwanese superstar who soon followed up his standout moment (his team would fall short in the finals) with an even more surprising move. In November, Mr. Hu, known in gaming as SwordArt, announced that he was leaving his base in China, […]”
“[...] portion of a dagger-blade(?) of flint, finely-worked and delicately serrated, prehistoric, Hu, Egypt; pottery table of offerings to the dead, Diospolis Parva. The following of the prehistoric period, Egypt: small curved flint knife, worked along one[…]”
“The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, Egypt Exploration Fund”
“The ECK can be experienced through chanting the word "HU," a special name for God in ECKANKAR. Chanting HU with an open heart to God's love is a central spiritual practice of ECKANKAR. It is alleged to help lift one to spiritual self-realization, and ultimately God-realization.”
“HU, Law of. The first law of the physical universe. Spirit is the all-penetrating power which is the forming power of the universes of HU, the Voice of HU (God). See also laws of the physical universe. / HU, A Year of. The fifth of the Spiritual Years of ECK. HU is the most ancient name for God, not God Itself.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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