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Wu (simplified Chinese: 吴语; traditional Chinese: 吳語; pinyin: Wúyǔ; Wugniu and IPA: 6 wu-gniu 6 [ɦu˩.nʲy˦] (Shanghainese), 2 ghou-gniu 6 [ɦou˨.nʲy˧] ()) is a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang province, and parts of Jiangsu province, especially south of the Yangtze River, [2] which makes up the cultural region of Wu.
Wu (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú) was a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period, outside the Zhou cultural sphere. It was also known as Gouwu (句吳) or Gongwu (工/攻吳) from the pronunciation of the local language. Wu was located at the mouth of the Yangtze River east of the State of Chu and south of the State ...
Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳; simplified Chinese: 吴; pinyin: Wú) refers to a region in China centered on Lake Tai in Jiangnan (the region south of the Yangtze River). [1] The Wu region was historically part of the ancient Yang Province in southeastern China. The name "Wu" came from the names of several historical kingdoms based in that area.
Wu (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú; Middle Chinese *ŋuo < Eastern Han Chinese: *ŋuɑ [5]), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a dynastic state of China and one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period.
The Wu Chinese people, also known as Wuyue people [citation needed] (simplified Chinese: 吴越人; traditional Chinese: 吳越人; pinyin: Wúyuè rén, Shanghainese: [ɦuɦyɪʔ ɲɪɲ]), Jiang-Zhe people (江浙民系) or San Kiang (三江), are a major subgroup of the Han Chinese. They are a Wu Chinese-speaking people who hail from southern ...
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, spoke with Gen. Wu Yanan, the commander of China’s Southern Theater, which is responsible for Beijing’s vast claims over the South ...
Wu Chinese (吴语; 吳語), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region Wuyue culture ( 吳越文化 ), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region Wu (state) (Chinese: 吳 ; pinyin: Wú ; Old Chinese: * ŋʷˤa ), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period 771–476 BCE
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese epidemiologist Wu Zunyou, a well-known expert in his field, died on Friday of pancreatic cancer, the government-backed National Business Daily reported, citing sources ...