ちゅう

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Ideophonic.

Noun

ちゅう or チュウ or チュー • (chū) 

  1. (somewhat childish) a kiss
    Synonyms: キス (kisu), 口付け (kuchizuke), 接吻 (seppun)

Verb

ちゅうする or チュウする or チューする • (chū suru) suru (stem ちゅうし (chū shi), past ちゅうした (chū shita))

  1. to kiss, smooch
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ちゅうする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ちゅうし chū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ちゅうし chū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ちゅうする chū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ちゅうする chū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ちゅうすれ chū sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ちゅうせよ¹
ちゅうしろ² 		chū seyo¹
chū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ちゅうされる chū sareru
Causative ちゅうさせる
ちゅうさす 		chū saseru
chū sasu
Potential ちゅうできる chū dekiru
Volitional ちゅうしよう chū shiyō
Negative ちゅうしない chū shinai
Negative continuative ちゅうせず chū sezu
Formal ちゅうします chū shimasu
Perfective ちゅうした chū shita
Conjunctive ちゅうして chū shite
Hypothetical conditional ちゅうすれば chū sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Noun

ちゅう • (chū) 

  1. a squeak (sound made by mice)
  2. a chirp (sound made by small birds)
  3. sound made by sucking liquid
Derived terms

Adverb

ちゅう • (chū) 

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3

⟨to2 ipu⟩ → */tipu/ → /t͡sifu/ → /t͡ɕɨu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

Shift from Old Japanese と言ふ (to ipu → to iu). Compare てふ (tepu) → ちょう (chō).

Phrase

ちゅう • (chū) ←ちふ (tifu)?

  1. (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 7, poem 1170:
      , text here
      佐左(ささ)浪(なみ)乃(の)連庫山(なみくらやま)尓(に)雲(くも)居者(ゐれば)雨(あめ)會(ぞ)零(ふる)智否(ちふ)反(かへり)来(こ)吾(わが)背(せ) [Man'yōgana]
      楽浪(ささなみ)の連庫山(なみくらやま)に雲(くも)居(ゐ)れば雨(あめ)ぞ降(ふ)るちふ帰(かへ)り来(こ)我(わ)が背(せ) [Modern spelling]
      Sasanami no Namikura-yama ni kumo ireba ame zo furu chū kaeri ko waga se
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Etymology 4

Readings of various kanji.

For pronunciation and definitions of ちゅう – see the following entries.
【中】1
the middle, medium
an average, neither good nor poor mark
the second volume of a three-volume set
center, middle
medium, intermediate, middle(-level)
neutral, middle
within (a specific range)
among (friends, company, etc.)
hitting (the center, mark, etc.)
Short for 中国 (Chūgoku): China, Chinese
Short for 中学生 (chūgakusei): junior high school student
during..., being in the process of doing...
【宙】6
mid-air
【注】3
annotation, note
Alternative spelling
註
【丑】J
the Ox, the second of the twelve Earthly Branches
(This term, ちゅう (chū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ちゅう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちゅう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 註, 儔, 俦, 疇, 畴.)

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