wushu

From Mandarin 武術／武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuːˈʃuː/

wushu (uncountable)

1. Any Chinese martial art.
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.
   • 1985, Black Belt, volume 23, number 4, page 78:

     The techniques of contemporary wushu are indeed those which at one time were used for self-defense, but the basis and development of wushu are different from kung fu.

< Mandarin 武術／武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu(ː)ʃu(ː)/, [ˈwu(ː)ʃu(ː)]
• Rhymes: -uʃu

wushu

1. wushu (martial art)

Unadapted borrowing from Mandarin 武術／武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”).

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈwuʃu/ [ˈwu.ʃu]
    • Rhymes: -uʃu
  • IPA^(key): /ˈwusu/ [ˈwu.su]
    • Rhymes: -usu
• Syllabification: wu‧shu

wushu (plural wushu-wushu)

1. (sports) wushu

• “wushu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• wu shu

Unadapted borrowing from English wushu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu ˈʂu/

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• Syllabification: wu‧shu

wushu n (indeclinable)

1. wushu (Chinese martial art)

   Synonym: kung-fu

• wushu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wushu in PWN's encyclopedia

wushu m (uncountable)

1. wushu (a Chinese martial art)