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Date "HU" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
"HU" is a common misspelling or typo for: he, hub, hue, hug, hum, hut. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Hu |
Census | (Housing Unit) A house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied as separate living quarters or, if vacant, intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hu is also a Chinese family name represented by the character 胡.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hu."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HU | Danish | Ungarn | Geography |
HU | Dutch | Hongarije | Geography |
HU | English | Hadassah University | N/A |
HU | Finnish | Unkari | Geography |
HU | French | Hydroxyurée | N/A |
HU | German | Republik Ungarn | Geography |
HU | Greek | Ουγγαρία | N/A |
HU | Italian | Ungheria | Geography |
HU | Portuguese | Hungria | Geography |
HU | Spanish | Hungría | Geography |
HU | Swedish | Ungern | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: HU |
| Etymologies containing "HU": Hue. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HU" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Dick, picket, piquet, pole, post, roost, stake), Esperanto (boo), German (hugu, ugh, whew), Latin (what), Luxembourgish (have), Portuguese (Hungary, Republic of Hungary), Swedish (ugh), Welsh (Hugh). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | For instance, Hu is on first base, Watt is on second, and Iduno is on third base. (The Kids in the Hall; writing credit: Dave Foley; Bruce McCulloch) Kill all humans, kill all humans, must kill all hu (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Lyrics | Ih hu uh hu (Pretty Fly; performing artist: The Offspring) Uh hu uh hu (Pretty Fly; performing artist: The Offspring) Uh hu, uh hu (Pretty Fly; performing artist: The Offspring) | |
Movie/TV Titles | E hu cun (1974) Meng hu xia shan (1973) Jiang hu xing (1973) Hu quan (1973) Long hu di tou she (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The whole family studies a government bulletin : selected from the Hu County farmers' painting exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mountain village clinic : selected from a Hu County farmers' painting exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Attending a party lecture] [selected from the Hu County farmers'painting exhibition]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The shop's new look : selected from the Hu County farmers' painting exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Modern Yu-kung draws a new map : selected from the Hu County farmers' painting exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The elderly secretary : selected from the Hu County farmers' painting exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The great battle with the twisting river valley : selected from the Hu County farmers' painting exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Spring hoeing : selected from the Hu County farmers' paintings exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | China | Lin Mu, the former secretary of former reform-minded Communist Party boss Hu Yaobang, organized the letter campaign. (references) |
Economic History | China | Hua Guofeng, a protégé of Mao, was replaced as premier in 1980 by reformist Sichuan party chief Zhao Ziyang and as party General Secretary in 1981 by the even more reformist Communist Youth League chairman Hu Yaobang. (references) |
China | The death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989, coupled with growing economic hardship caused by high inflation, provided the backdrop for a largescale protest movement by students, intellectuals, and other parts of a disaffected urban population. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | Persons detained for such offenses included Hu Shigen, Kang Yuchun, Yu Zhijian, Zhang Jingsheng, and Sun Xiongying. (references) |
China | At year's end, political prisoners who reportedly had difficulties in obtaining medical treatment, despite repeated appeals on their behalf by their families and the international community, included: Xu Wenli, Gao Hongmin, Qin Yongmin, Wang Youcai, Chen Lantao, Chen Meng, Fang Jue, Hu Shigen, Kang Yuchun, Liu Jingsheng, Rebiya Kadeer, Jigme Sangpo, Ngawang Sangdrol, Wang Guoqi, and Zhang Shanguang. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "HU" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 49.23% of the time. "HU" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 49.23% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 44.62% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.15% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 65 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "HU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hu | Last name | 2,000 | 5,956 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "HU": Hu-akbar, Hu-go, hu-opp, hu-yan. | |
Ending with "HU": jen-hu, La-hu, oo-hu, scid-hu, teu-hu-hu, uh-hu. | |
Containing "HU": Wuh-hu-ma-han. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kelly hu | 3,058 | 3.5a extreme hu | 158 |
hu extreme | 2,333 | free hu script | 154 |
hu card | 2,179 | bin hu valid | 141 |
hu | 893 | hu boot strap | 124 |
hu file | 652 | hu bin free | 123 |
hu loader | 515 | download extreme hu | 120 |
kelly hu nude | 342 | hu programming | 119 |
hu script | 270 | hu card program | 117 |
hu bin | 267 | kelly hu picture | 116 |
hu card programming | 235 | hu bin free file | 114 |
file free hu | 225 | extreme file hu | 110 |
bin file hu | 222 | hu kelly wallpaper | 105 |
3.5 extreme hu | 209 | kelly hu pic | 95 |
hu fix | 191 | hu unlooper | 85 |
hu programmer | 188 | kelly hu naked | 84 |
hu 3m | 186 | hu program | 80 |
hu card programmer | 173 | direct tv hu card | 80 |
dss hu file | 166 | hu card fix | 77 |
dss hu | 166 | extreme hu skin | 74 |
dss hu card | 161 | hu card loader | 73 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "HU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 胡. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uhay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 11, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elegon oun oi ioudaioi ide pwV efilei auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixerunt ergo Iudaei ecce quomodo amabat eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & þa iudeas cwæðen. locu nu hu hehine lufede. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Lo! hou he louede hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then sayde the Iewes: Beholde howe he loved him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 11, Verse 36 |
| Cebuano | Busa ang mga Judio nanag-ingon, "Tan-awa, pagkadaku gayud sa iyang paghigugma kaniya!" |
| Chinese | 猶 太 人 就 說 、 看 他 愛 這 人 是 何 等 懇 切 。 |
| Croatian | Nato su Židovi govorili: "Gle, kako ga je ljubio!" |
| Danish | Da sagde Jøderne: "Se, hvor han elskede ham!" |
| Dutch | De Joden dan zeiden: Ziet, hoe lief Hij hem had! |
| Finnish | Niin juutalaiset sanoivat: "Katso, kuinka rakas hän oli hänelle!" |
| French | Sur quoi les Juifs dirent: Voyez comme il l`aimait. |
| German | Da sprachen die Juden: Siehe, wie hat er ihn so liebgehabt! |
| Haitian Creole | Lè sa a, jwif yo di: Gade jan li te renmen l' non! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka orang-orang Yahudi itu berkata, "Lihat, bukan main kasih-Nya kepada Lazarus!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu kata orang Yahudi itu, "Tengoklah, bagaimana Ia kasih akan dia!" |
| Italian | Dissero allora i Giudei: «Vedi come lo amava!». |
| Maori | Na ka mea nga Hurai, Nana, tona aroha ki a ia! |
| Norwegian | Jødene sa da: Se hvor han elsket ham! |
| Portuguese | Disseram então os judeus: Vede como o amava. |
| Rumanian | Atunci Iudeii au zis: ,,Iatq ckt kl iubea de mult!`` |
| Shuar | Israer-shuarsha "Ti aneatsuk" tiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, Wayahudi wakasema, "Tazameni jinsi alivyompenda!" |
| Swedish | Men somliga av dem sade: |
| Uma | Ra'uli' to Yahudi: "Hilo! Uma mpu'u mowo kama'ahi' -na hi Lazarus!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HU": huarache, huaraches, huaracho, huarachos, hub, hubbies, hubbly, hubbub, hubbubs, hubby, hubcap, hubcaps, hubris, hubrises, hubristic, hubs, huck, huckaback, huckabacks, huckle, huckleberries, huckleberry, huckles, hucks, huckster, huckstered, huckstering, hucksterism, hucksterisms, hucksters, huddle, huddled, huddler, huddlers, huddles, huddling, hue, hued, hueless, hues, huff, huffed, huffier, huffiest, huffily, huffiness, huffinesses, huffing, huffish, huffs, huffy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "HU": catechu, fichu, jehu, prahu, saddhu, sadhu, samshu. (additional references) | |
Words containing "HU": acanthus, acanthuses, agapanthus, agapanthuses, ahull, ailanthus, ailanthuses, anchusa, anchusas, anchusin, anchusins, anthurium, anthuriums, antichurch, antihuman, antihumanism, antihumanisms, antihumanistic, antihumanitarian, antihumanitarians, antihunter, antihunting, antihuntings, arethusa, arethusas, ayahuasca, ayahuascas, bearhug, bearhugs, bethump, bethumped, bethumping, bethumps, bhut, bhuts, bohunk, bohunks, brochure, brochures, bronchus, brushup, brushups, cachucha, cachuchas, calathus, callithump, callithumpian, callithumps, canthus, catchup, catchups. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-u" | |
+1 letter: duh, hub, hue, hug, huh, hum, hun, hup, hut, ugh. | |
+2 letters: bhut, buhl, buhr, bush, chub, chug, chum, gush, habu, haul, haut, hour, hubs, huck, hued, hues, huff, huge, hugs, huic, hula, hulk, hull, hump, hums, hung, hunh, hunk, huns, hunt, hurl, hurt, hush, husk, huts, jehu, lush, much, mush, ouch, ouph, phut, pugh, push, rhus, rush, ruth, shul, shun, shut, such, sugh, thou, thru, thud, thug, thus, tush, ughs, vugh, yuch. | |
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