| 烏 | 1216C50 91.50 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄨ [wu1] | ||
| N. | (1) A crow: 烏哺 the young crow reputed to feed its mother--(LL) filial piety; 書經三寫，烏焉成馬 (anc. proverb) when a book is copied thrice, the characters 烏 and 焉 become 馬; 白鳥頭 white-headed crow-an impossibility. (2) The sun (alleged to have a spot looking like a three-legged crow; cf. 兔 rabbit standing for the moon): hence 烏兔 (the crow and the rabbit) the sun and the moon; 金烏 the golden sun. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | Black: 烏黑 [wu1hei1]↓; 烏鬚 black beard; 烏木 black wood, ebony; 烏梅 black plums; 烏橄欖 black olives; 烏雲 dark clouds; 發烏 turn black. | |||||
| Adv. | How: 烏可，烏能 how can? 烏有此事 how can such a thing be? no such thing! (also wr. 惡). | |||||
| Excl. | 烏乎 (u.f. 嗚呼) alas! (also wr. 烏虖). | |||||
| Words | 1. 烏豆 [wu1dou4], n., black beans. 2. 烏龜 [wu1gui1], n., tortoise (also a term of abuse). 3. 烏骨雞 [wu1gu3ji1], n., the silky chicken with black bones--a delicacy. 4. 烏黑（兒） [wu1hei1] ([wu1he1er0]), adj., jet black. 5. 烏合 [wu1he2], n., as in 烏合之眾 rabble troops. 6. 烏喙 [wu1hui4], n., a poisonous plant of crowfoot family, monkshood, wolfsbane (also called 烏頭喙). 7. 烏雞 [wu1ji1], n., see [wu1gu3ji1]↑. 8. 烏巾 [wu1jin1]1, n., formerly, hat of black gauze, see [wu1sha1]↓. 9. 烏金 [wu1jin1]2, n., copper and gold alloy. 10. 烏韭 [wu1jiu3], n., (bot.) the rock fern. 11. 烏臼 [wu1zhou4], n., (bot.) the tallow tree. 12. 烏竹 [wu1zhu2], n., black bamboo. 13. 烏拉 [wu1la1], n., a moccasin used in 吉林 Kirin, northeast Manchuria, filled with 烏拉草 for warmth. 14. 烏蘞莓 [wu1lian2mei2], n., (bot.) a vine, Cissus japonica. 15. 烏龍茶 [wu1long2cha2], n., oolong tea. 16. 烏麥 [wu1mai4], n., a kind of buckwheat. 17. 烏木 [wu1mu4], n., black wood. 18. 烏紗 [wu1sha1], n., a hat of black gauze, generally known as official's cap, esp.since Tarng Dyn. 19. 烏絲欄 [wu1si1lan2], n., thin black lines as ruling on paper or silk for paintings. 20. 烏條蛇 [wu1tiao2she2], n., a kind of snake. 21. 烏頭 [wu1tou2], n., see [wu1hui4]↑. 22. 烏塗 [wu1tu0], adj. & n., (1) muddy; (2) half-boiled, warm (water); (3) var. of 糊塗 unclear; muddleheaded. 23. 烏托邦 [wu1tuo1bang1], n., Utopia. 24. 烏雜 [wu1za2], adj., see [wu1he2]↑. 25. 烏賊 [wu1ze2], n., cuttlefish. 26. 烏烏 [wu1wu1], adj., descriptive of cry of pain, like Eng. “wow!” 27. 烏鴉 [wu1ya1], n., the crow. 28. 烏眼（兒）雞 [wu1yan3] ([wu1ya3er0]) [ji1], n., “black-eyed chicken”: 烏眼雞似的 venomous look of hatred. 29. 烏芋 [wu1yU4], n., water chestnut. 30. 烏魚 [wu1yU2], n., black fish. 31. 烏雲 [wu1yUn2], n., (1) dark clouds; (2) woman's black hair. | |||||