Other uses WU disambiguation WU wiktionary Wu may refer to Places Wu region , a region in China, associated with Wu Chinese , a variety of spoken Chinese spoken in the Wu region Wu state , a state in the Wu region during the Spring and Autumn Period Eastern Wu , also called Kingdom of Wu or Sun Wu, a state in southeastern China during the Three Kingdoms Period Wu Ten Kingdoms , one of the kingdoms ... and Ten Kingdoms Period People Wu surname or Woo , several different Chinese surnames Wu Zixu , famous general in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history Ta You Wu 1907 2000 , Chinese born physicist Chien Shiung Wu 1912 1997 , Chinese born physicist David Wu 1955 , a United States Congressman from Oregon Harry Wu 1937 , a human rights activist Tim Wu , a legal academic Wu Wenjun 1919 , mathematician Yi Wu 1912 1945 , a member of Korea s imperial family Wu Yi , Vice Premier of China Kevin Wu, better known as KevJumba , YouTube celebrity Wu, nickname of the singer of alternative rock band This Et Al Chun Wu , past member of Fahrenheit Fei Lun Hai Taiwanese Band , actor and Own 3 Fitness Zone in Brunei A number of Chinese emperors Emperor Wu of Han , one of the most influential and important emperors of the Han dynasty Emperor Wu of Jin Emperor Wu of Liang Wu Zetian Empress WuWu Zetian of the Zhou Dynasty Cao Cao , also known as Emperor Wu of Wei Fictional people Mr. Wu, a character from the TV series Characters of Deadwood Mr Wu Deadwood Mr. Wu, a character referred to in songs by George Formby Wu may also refer to W negative , Zhaozhou s response to the question Does a dog have the Buddha nature? Wu style taijiquan , also Wu Hao style Taijiquan Wu shaman Wu , a kind of Chinese shaman The Wu Tang Clan , an American rap group with themes based on Chinese folk lore and martial arts movies Shen Gong Wu are fictional mystical artifacts from the animated series Xiaolin Showdown Wu wei , a principle of Taoism See also Yu the Great , founder of the Xia Dynasty . disambiguation ... more details
Other uses Wu disambiguation WuWU is an abbreviation for Weather Underground Weather Underground weather service Western Union Windows Update Women Unite Work unit Worms United Universities Washburn University Washington University in St. Louis Willamette University University of Warsaw Winthrop University The World University Webster University WU Wien Wirtschaftsuniversit t Wien Wirtschaftsuniversit t Wien Vienna University of Economics and Business disambig Category Initialisms it WU ko WU ja WU ru WU fa WU ... more details
Empress Wu may mean or refer to Empress Wu Zhaolie , the wife of Liu Bei, the first emperor of Shu Han Empress Wu, a title name for Wu Zetian Consort Wu Xuanzong , Wu Zetian s grandniece, who was posthumously honored as an empress Empress Wu 1984 , a TV series disambig ... more details
Wu Chen may refer to Wu Chen Qin Dynasty , a Qin Dynasty rebel leader Wu Chen Han Dynasty , son of Wu Rui, second ruler of the Kingdom of Changsha Wu Zhen , a Yuan Dynasty painter dab ... more details
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Wu Xian or Wuxian may refer to Suzhou , formerly called Wu County Wu Xian Wuzhong District , Suzhou, formerly called Wu County and Wuxian City Wu Xian astronomer , ancient Chinese astronomer Wu Xian, one of the names for Emperor Zhongzong of Tang disambig ... more details
Emperor Wu , Wudi may refer to a number of Chinese emperors Emperor Wu of Han 156 BC 87 BC , emperor of the Han dynasty Emperor Wu of Wei 155 220 , a posthumous name of Cao Cao Emperor Wu of Jin 236 290 Emperor Wu of Liu Song 363 422 Emperor Wu of Liang 464 549 Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou 543 578 Empress Wu Zetian , Emperor Wu 625 705 disambig DEFAULTSORT Wu, Emperor cs Wu ti de Wudi fr Wudi ko ja pl Wudi ru sh Car Wu tl Emperador Wu zh ... more details
Wu Feng may refer to Wu Feng Legend , a politically motivated myth once popular in Taiwan Wu Feng ship , a Chinese gunboat from World War II Wu Feng athlete , a Chinese long jumper disambig ... more details
Janet Wu may be Janet Wu WCVB , a television reporter for WCVB TV, ABC s Boston affiliate Janet Wu WHDH , a television reporter for WHDH TV, NBC s Boston affiliate hndis name Wu, Janet ... more details
Liu Wu is the name of Liu Wu prince , participated in the Rebellion of Seven States during early Han Dynasty Liu Wu general , Tang Dynasty general served during Emperor Xianzong s reign hndis name Liu Wu ... more details
Wu Dan may refer to Emperor Ruizong of Tang , emperor of Tang Dynasty Wu Dan volleyball , female Chinese volleyball player hndis Wu, Dan ... more details
2705 Wu is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1183.5173900 days 3.24 years . ref name JP Small body Database Browser cite web url http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 2705 title JPL Small Body Database Browser accessdate 2008 05 23 publisher NASA ref The asteroid was discovered on October 9, 1980. References Reflist Minor planets navigator 2704 Julian Loewe 2706 Borovsk Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Wu Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1980 Beltasteroid stub es 2705 Wu eo 2705 Wu fa it 2705 Wu la 2705 Wu hu 2705 Wu pl 2705 Wu pt 2705 Wu sk 2705 Wu sr 2705 Wu uk 2705 vi 2705 Wu yo 2705 Wu ... more details
King Wu may refer to King Wu of Zhou r. 1046 1043 BCE , first sovereign or ruler of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty . King Wu of Chu , ruler of the Zhou vassal State of Chu from 740 690 BCE. King Wu of Qin , ruler of the Zhou vassal State of Qin from 310 307 BCE. King Wu of Bohai r. 718 737 CE , second king of the Bohai Kingdom . hndis Wu, King ko ja zh ... more details
Wang Wu is the romanisation of a number of different Chinese characters and may refer to Placeholder names in different languages Chinese Wang Wu a Chinese placeholder name Dadao Wang Wu the sobriquet of martial artist Wang Zhengyi Wang Wu painter a 17th Century Chinese painter Mount Wangwu an alternative name for which is Wang Wu Mountain See also Wu Wang a traditional title of founding emperors in China disambig Category Human name disambiguation pages ... more details
Wu Ji may refer to Wu Ji Fengshen Bang , fictional character in the novel Fengshen Bang The Promise 2005 film The Promise 2005 film , Chinese title Wu Ji , a 2005 film dab ... more details
Wu Tang or Wudang may refer to Wudang Mountains or Wu Tang Mountains, a mountain range in central China Wudang chuan Wudangquan or Wu Tang quan, a form of Chinese martial arts Wudang District , a district in Guiyang, Guizhou, China Wu tang dance , a form of hip hop dance from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Wu Tang Shaolin Style , a 3D fighting game Wu Tangs, the initial steep terrain features in Ski cross See also Wu Tang Clan , an American hip hop group Wudang Sect or Wu Tang Clan, a fictional martial arts sect featured in Wuxia fiction Bei Wudang Shan , a Taoist mountain and temple complex in Shanxi province, China Shaolin and Wu Tang , a Chinese martial arts film disambig eu Wudang fr Wudang ... more details
Wu Wei may refer to Wu wei , important tenet of Taoism that involves knowing when to act and when not to act Wu Wei painter 1459 1508 , Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty Wei Wu Wei 1895 1986 , Taoist philosopher and writer disambig hn ... more details
Wu is the name of several rivers. It may refer to In People s Republic of China Wu River Yangtze River , the largest Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, flows through Guizhou and Sichuan Wu River Yuan River, north is a tributary and one of the headwaters of the Yuan River flowing through Guizhou and Hunan Wu River Yuan River, south is also a tributary of the Yuan River in Hunan, joining the Yuan in Hongjiang downstream of the other Wu River. Wu River Guangdong is a tributary of the Bei River flowing through Guangdong. Wu River, an alternate name for the Ou River, China Ou River Ou Jiang in Zhejiang, China In Republic of China Taiwan Dadu River Taiwan , also called Wu Xi geodis ... more details
Chen Wu may refer to Chen Wu Han Dynasty , general serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Han Dynasty Chen Wu Fengshen Bang , fictional character in the novel Fengshen Bang disambig sh Chen Wu th ... more details
Ray Wu Chinese language Chinese 14 August 1928 10 February 2008 , was a Chinese American biologist and educator . Wu was a pioneer of plant genetic engineering, and the former Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor ... http www.news.cornell.edu stories Feb08 WuObit.bpf.html Ray Wu dies at 79 ref Biography Wu was the son of Hsien Wu , also a biologist. Wu was born in Beijing in China, his Ancestral home China ancestral hometown was Fuzhou of Fujian Province . Wu was educated in the United States and obtained ... 2008214102012343201177.html CUSBEA 79 Founder of CUSBEA Ray Wu dies at 79 , from ScienceNet.com News ref Wu did important work in DNA sequencing and genetic engineering , and is regarded as one of founding fathers of plant genetic engineering. Wu also was an active educator, and created the CUSBEA China US Biochemistry Examination and Application . In 1999, at Cornell, Wu donated US 500,000 to establish the Ray Wu Graduate Fellowship in Molecular Biology and Genetics to support biology graduate students. ref http www.news.cornell.edu Chronicle 99 12.2.99 Wu gift.html Molecular biologist Ray Wu s gift will endow a graduate fellowship ref Wu spent most of his scientific career at Cornell. Wu was an Academician of Academia Sinica Taipei , and a Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering . ref http www.springerlink.com content g274621682085040 Ray Wu, as remembered by a former student ref Wu s former student Jack W. Szostak was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology ... or Medicine 2009 ref Ray Wu Memorial Fund The Ray Wu Memorial Fund RWMF is a nonprofit 501c3 organization. RWMF administers the annual Ray Wu Prize for Excellence in Life Sciences that is established ... Wu http www.cornell.edu video details.cfm?vidID 325&display preferences Ray Wu Memorial Symposium http mbg.cornell.edu cals mbg faculty staff faculty wu.cfm Ray Wu Faculty Profile Cornell University ... people of Chinese descent Wu, Ray Category American biologists Wu, Ray Category American educators ... more details
Wu Mei is the pinyin romanization of W M i Cantonese Ng Mui , the legendary kung fu nun. W M i , the given name of the Empress Wu . disambig ... more details
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Refimprove date January 2009 In universe subject Three Kingdoms category Three Kingdoms date October 2009 Chinese t s chinese name Wu surname Wu Wu Can died 245 , Chinese style name style name Kongxiu , was an official of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of History of China Chinese history . Following the death of Sun Ce , Wu served Sun Ce s younger brother and successor, Sun Quan . When Sun He and Sun Ba had a dispute over the succession to Sun Quan s throne, Wu was slandered by Sun Ba and thrown into prison, where he died. Chen Shou commented in Records of Three Kingdoms that Wu was unlucky to be slandered, which caused him to die in prison. ref Recored of the Three Kingdoms, Part Wu, Chapter Wu Can ref See also List of people of the Three Kingdoms References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wu, Can ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Official of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 245 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wu, Can Category 245 deaths Category Sun Ce and associates Category Eastern Wu politicians Category Officials under Sun Quan China politician stub ko ja sh Wu Can zh classical zh ... more details
Wu Jing or Wujing may refer to Wu Jing Han Dynasty , Han Dynasty military general Wu Jing actor , Chinese actor Wu Jin , Taiwanese educator Wu Jing field hockey , Chinese field hockey player Four Books and Five Classics Five Classics , a collection of ancient Confucian books See also Wujing disambiguation hndis ... more details
File Wuyuehmap.PNG thumb right 300px General map of the Wuyue area. Wu is a region in the Jiangnan area the south of Yangtze River , surrounding Suzhou , in Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province of China . It is also the abbreviation of several kingdoms based in Wu. The two largest cities in the Wu region today are Shanghai and Hangzhou . Most of the region speaks the Wu Chinese Wu language and many of its dialects. History The first Wu nation was established in late Zhou Dynasty . Once considered as a foreign kingdom to Kingdom Zhou, it emerged to be a power overlord at the end of Spring and Autumn Period . The most influential Wu nation was the Kingdom of Wu during the period of Three Kingdoms . The city of Suzhou also called Wu has traditionally been the capital of the Wu nations. The dialect spoken in Suzhou is usually regarded as the standard Wu Chinese Wu language . Go on , which is one of the sources of Japanese pronunciation for kanji the others being kan on , t on and kan y on , is sometimes said to have originated from this region. Citation needed date November 2009 The Go component in the name Go on is cognate to the Chinese word WuWu is the pronunciation for the Chinese character in Mandarin. However, in Wu language is usually pronounced as Ho , Oh , Ng , or Nguu . coord missing China See also Wu speaking peoples References reflist Category Regions of Asia Category Regions of China Category Jiangsu Category Geography of Zhejiang no Wu region pt Wu regi o wuu ... more details
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