Chinese words starting with “wu”

97 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable wu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 10 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

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1st tone 11
2nd tone 54
3rd tone 12
4th tone 20

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

无法wú fǎHSK 4
unable; incapable
无论wú lùnHSK 4
no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
武器wǔ qìHSK 3
weapon; arms
无聊wú liáoHSK 4
bored; boring; senseless
舞台wǔ táiHSK 3
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
屋子wū ziHSK 3
house; room
午餐wǔ cānHSK 2
lunch; luncheon
午饭wǔ fànHSK 1
lunch
武术wǔ shùHSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫
午睡wǔ shuìHSK 2
to take a nap; siesta

All 97 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
51	物业	wù yè	n	property; real estate; abbr. for 物业管理, property management
52	无非	wú fēi	d	only; nothing else
53	无缘	wú yuán	v	to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
54	无赖	wú lài	n,an	hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly
55	无偿	wú cháng	d,b	free; no charge; at no cost
56	无理	wú lǐ	a,ad	irrational; unreasonable
57	无关紧要	wú guān jǐn yào	v	indifferent; insignificant
58	无话可说	wú huà kě shuō	v	to have nothing to say (idiom)
59	无家可归	wú jiā kě guī	v	homeless
60	误差	wù chā	n	difference; error; inaccuracy
61	无所事事	wú suǒ shì shì	v	to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
62	乌云	wū yún	n,nr	black cloud
63	无动于衷	wú dòng yú zhōng	v	aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
64	舞厅	wǔ tīng	n	dance hall; ballroom
65	物价	wù jià	n	(commodity) prices
66	物证	wù zhèng	n	material evidence
67	无理取闹	wú lǐ qǔ nào	v	to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
68	无故	wú gù	d	without cause or reason
69	无边	wú biān	z	without boundary; not bordered
70	无济于事	wú jì yú shì	v	(idiom) to no avail; of no use
71	五星级	wǔ xīng jí	b	five-star (hotel)
72	无忧无虑	wú yōu wú lǜ	v	carefree and without worries (idiom)
73	巫婆	wū pó	n	witch; sorceress; female shaman
74	无可奈何	wú kě nài hé	v	have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
75	务实	wù shí	v,vn	pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues
76	诬陷	wū xiàn	v,vn	to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
77	无可厚非	wú kě hòu fēi	v	see 非
78	无不	wú bù	d	none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
79	污蔑	wū miè	v	to slander; to smear; to tarnish
80	无微不至	wú wēi bù zhì	l	in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
81	污秽	wū huì	n	nasty; sordid; filthy
82	无精打采	wú jīng dǎ cǎi	v	dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
83	无穷无尽	wú qióng wú jìn	v	endless; boundless; infinite
84	误区	wù qū	n	mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
85	无足轻重	wú zú qīng zhòng	v	insignificant
86	五花八门	wǔ huā bā mén	l	myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
87	五颜六色	wǔ yán liù sè	l	multicolored; every color under the sun
88	物美价廉	wù měi jià lián	v	good quality and cheap; a bargain
89	无可奉告	wú kě fèng gào	v	(idiom) "no comment"
90	无所作为	wú suǒ zuò wéi	v	attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless
91	呜咽	wū yè	v	to sob; to whimper
92	物流	wù liú	n	distribution (business); logistics
93	乌黑	wū hēi	z	jet-black; dark
94	无恶不作	wú è bù zuò	v	not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
95	无形中	wú xíng zhōng	d	imperceptibly; virtually
96	武侠	wǔ xiá	n	martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant
97	无情无义	wú qíng wú yì	v	completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless

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