Usage of the character 巫
wū
巫
[巫]
- witch
- wizard
- shaman
- also pr. (wú)
Wū
巫
[巫]
- surname Wu
- also pr. ( Wú)
lièwū
猎巫
[獵巫]
- to conduct a witch hunt
wūshù
巫术
[巫術]
- witchcraft
wūgǔ
巫蛊
[巫蠱]
- witchcraft
wūyī
巫医
[巫醫]
- witch doctor
- medicine man
- shaman
Wūtǒng
巫统
[巫統]
- UMNO (United Malays National Organisation), Malaysia's largest political party
Wūxī
巫溪
[巫溪]
- Wushi, a county in Chongqing 重慶／重庆 ( Chongqíng)
Wū Shān
巫山
[巫山]
- Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
Wūshān
巫山
[巫山]
- Wushan, a county in Chongqing 重慶／重庆 ( Chongqíng)
wūshī
巫师
[巫師]
- wizard
- magician
Wū Xiá
巫峡
[巫峽]
- Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽／三峡 ( Sān Xiá)
nánwū
男巫
[男巫]
- wizard; warlock
wūxí
巫觋
[巫覡]
- shaman
- wizard
- witch
wūpó
巫婆
[巫婆]
- witch
- sorceress
- female shaman
wūdú
巫毒
[巫毒]
- voodoo (loanword)
nüwū
女巫
[女巫]
- witch
Wūshān Xiàn
巫山县
[巫山縣]
- Wushan, a county in Chongqing 重慶／重庆 ( Chongqíng)
Wūxī Xiàn
巫溪县
[巫溪縣]
- Wushi, a county in Chongqing 重慶／重庆 ( Chongqíng)
Wūdújiào
巫毒教
[巫毒教]
- Voodoo (religious cult)
Gáhāwūzú
噶哈巫族
[噶哈巫族]
- Kaxabu or Kahabu, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
wūgǔzhīhuò
巫蛊之祸
[巫蠱之禍]
- 91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝／汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
xiǎowūjiàndàwū
小巫见大巫
[小巫見大巫]
- lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)
- fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquè Wū Shānbùshìyún
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
[曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲]
- there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things