wū
巫 (wū) is a Chinese word meaning “witch; wizard; shaman”.
Meanings
- 1witch
- 2wizard
- 3shaman
- 4also pr. [wu2]
Related words
巫师wizard女巫witch; sorceress巫婆witch巫术witchcraft巫surname Wu巫医witch doctor小巫见大巫lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)巫山Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges巫山see 巫山縣|巫山县[Wu1 shan1 Xian4]巫毒voodoo (loanword)巫蛊witchcraft巫蛊之祸91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft