Xu or XU may refer to:
Surnames
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Xu (surname 徐)
Xu () is a Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of Romanization of Chinese, romanization, it is spelled as "Hsu", which is commonly used in Taiwan or overseas Chinese communities. It is different from Xu (surname 許 ...
( ''Xú'')
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Xu (surname 許)
Xu () is a Chinese surname. In the Wade-Giles system of Romanization of Chinese, romanization, it is romanized as Hsu, which is commonly used in Taiwan.
Variations Sinitic languages
* Cantonese: Heoi (Jyutping), Héui (Yale romanization of Can ...
(/ ''Xǔ'')
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Xu (surname 胥)
Xu (胥, ) is a Chinese surname. It is romanized as Hsü in Wade–Giles and Seoi in Cantonese. According to a 2013 study, it was the 267th most common name in China; it was shared by 285,000 people, or 0.021% of the population, being most popula ...
( ''Xū'')
The
tone
Tone may refer to:
Visual arts and color-related
* Tone (color theory), a mix of tint and shade, in painting and color theory
* Tone (color), the lightness or brightness (as well as darkness) of a color
* Toning (coin), color change in coins
* ...
s of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone
diacritic
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacrit ...
s are omitted then each surname would be spelled Xu in
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
, and Hsü in the
Wade–Giles
Wade–Giles ( ) is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from the system produced by Thomas Francis Wade during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert Giles's '' A Chinese–English Dictionary'' ...
system or Hsu if the
diaeresis is also omitted.
People and characters
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ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
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ǃXu (god), the creator god of the ǃKung
* Xu, a
minor character in the game ''Final Fantasy VIII''
Places
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Xu (state)
Xu (), also called Xu Rong () or Xu Yi () by its enemies, was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age that was ruled by the Ying family () and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries. It was centered i ...
(), a state of ancient China in modern Jiangsu and Anhui
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Xǔ (state)
Xu () was an ancient Chinese state of the Zhou dynasty. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, King Cheng of Zhou enfeoffed Xu Wenshu at Xu (modern Xuchang, Henan). The ruling family had the clan name of Jiang (姜), and the noble rank of baron ( ...
(), a state of ancient China in modern Henan
Universities
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X University (Toronto Metropolitan University aka Ryerson Polytechnic Institute), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Xavier University (disambiguation) The name ''Xavier University'' may refer to the following educational institutions:
*Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio
*Xavier University of Louisiana, in New Orleans
*Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
* Xa ...
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Xavier University
Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier had an enrollment of approximately 5,600 undergraduate an ...
in Cincinnati, United States
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Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black Roman Catholic, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic Historically black c ...
, United States
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Xiamen University
Xiamen University (XMU; ) is a public university in Siming, Xiamen, Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Pro ...
, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Xinjiang University
Xinjiang University (XJU) is a provincial public comprehensive university in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. It is a national key university affiliated with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the re ...
, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Other uses
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African Express Airways
African Express Airways is a Somali-owned Kenyan airline with its head office at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Services
African Express Airways is a short-haul airline, which caters to business and leisure tr ...
(IATA code XU), a Kenyan airline
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X unit
: ''For the software testing tools, see xUnit.''
The x unit (symbol xu) is a unit of length approximately equal to 0.1 pm (10−13 m). It is used to quote the wavelength of X-rays and gamma rays.
Originally defined by the Swedish ...
(symbol xu), a unit of length approximately equal to 0.1 pm (10
−13 m), used for X-ray and gamma ray wavelengths
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Xu (currency)
Xu or XU may refer to:
Surnames
* Xu (surname 徐) ( ''Xú'')
* Xu (surname 許) (/ ''Xǔ'')
* Xu (surname 胥) ( ''Xū'')
The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then each surname would be ...
, a former 1/100 subdivision of the Vietnamese Dong
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XU (intelligence organisation)
Xu or XU may refer to:
Surnames
* Xu (surname 徐) ( ''Xú'')
* Xu (surname 許) (/ ''Xǔ'')
* Xu (surname 胥) ( ''Xū'')
The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then each surname would be ...
, a clandestine intelligence organisation in occupied Norway during World War II
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PSA XU engine
The PSA XU is a family of internal combustion engines used in Citroën and Peugeot automobiles. It became the dominant mid-size engine in Peugeot and Citroën products through the 1980s and 1990s.
The XU design was introduced in 1981 with the Pe ...
, a series of petrol engines from PSA
See also
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HSU (disambiguation)
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