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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xu

/suː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
xu
IPA
/suː/
9
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.

name

A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 徐 (Xú) or 許 /许.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese xu, from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and sou.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

xus (plural, rare) su (alternative) Xus (plural) Hsu (alternative) Hsü (alternative) Sheu (alternative) Syu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Chee Cher Chui Tsui Chooi Choi Hsu See

Homonyms

Hsu Hsü Sheu Syu sou sault

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce xu?
The recorded pronunciation is /suː/.
What does xu mean?
A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.
Where does xu come from?
It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce xu

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