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Yes. The word xu is a Scrabble US word. The word xu is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Definitions and meaning of xu

xu

Translingual

Symbol

xu

  1. x unit

Alternative forms

  • su

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

xu (plural xu or (rare) xus)

  1. A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.

Anagrams

  • & ux., UX

Gothic

Romanization

xu

  1. Romanization of 𐍇𐌿

Gun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe xwyá, Adja xú, Ayizo xu

Alternative forms

  • hú (Nigeria)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xú/

Verb

xú (Benin)

  1. to dry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe oxú, Adja exu, Ewe eƒu

Alternative forms

  • hú, ohú (Nigeria)
  • oxú

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xú/

Noun

xú (plural xú lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. bone

Etymology 3

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷu. Cognates include Fon xù, Saxwe Gbe axù, Saxwe Gbe ɛxù, Adja axu, Ewe ƒu

Alternative forms

  • hù, ohù (Nigeria)
  • oxù

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xù/

Noun

xù (plural xù lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. sea, ocean

Mandarin

Romanization

xu (xu5／xu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄒㄩ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓿

xu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of xū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of xú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of xǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of xù.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (xo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xu/

Particle

xu (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling خوۡ)

  1. but
  2. however
  3. although

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Unami

Particle

xu

  1. future tense marker

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “xu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French sou.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [su˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sʊw˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [sʊw˧˧]

Noun

xu

  1. xu (1/100 of a dong); cent; penny

Derived terms

White Hmong

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su˧/

Verb

xu

  1. to miss, miss the mark, miss the target

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 411.

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