武 wǔ

1. wǔ adjective martial; military
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 武器 weapon (ABC 'wǔ' 武 bf 1; Guoyu '武' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '武' 1; Unihan '武')
2. wǔ noun a battle; (military) force
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 战斗 (Guoyu '武' n 1; NCCED '武' 1)
3. wǔ noun martial arts
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '武' 2)
4. wǔ noun a footstep; a footprint; half a step
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 足迹 (ABC 'wǔ' 武 n 1; Guoyu '武' n 2; Kroll 2015 '武' 3; NCCED '武' 4)
5. wǔ noun a fighter; a warrior; a soldier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '武' 1a)
6. wǔ noun half a step
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a measure of length (Kroll 2015 '武' 4; NCCED '武' 4)
7. wǔ proper noun Wu; Sacrificial odes of Zhou
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An alternate name for the section 周頌 ”Sacrificial odes of Zhou” in the 詩經 ”Book of Songs” (Guoyu '武' n 3)
8. wǔ proper noun Wu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (ABC 'wǔ' 武 n 2; Guoyu '武' n 4)
9. wǔ adjective warlike; fierce; valiant; violent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'wǔ' 武 bf 2; Kroll 2015 '武' 2; NCCED '武' 3; Unihan '武')
10. wǔ verb to continue; to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '武' 5)

Contained in

• 接武 heel-to-toe footstep
• 英雄无用武之地(英雄無用武之地) a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
• 武库(武庫) arsenal; store of arms
• 武断(武斷) dogmatic ; arbitrary; subjective
• 武器级别材料(武器級別材料) weapons-grade material
• 武器禁运(武器禁運) embargo on arms sale
• 武略 military strategy
• 孔武有力 to have great physical strength and courage
• 允文允武 equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs
• 先进武器(先進武器) advanced weapon
• 武器可用物质(武器可用物質) weapons-usable material
• 寒武爆发(寒武爆發) the Cambrian explosion
• 讲武(講武) to teach martial arts or warfare
• 真武斋(真武齋) zhenwu fasting
• 演武 arms drill; to practice martial arts
• 武统(武統) to unify by using military force (usu. in relation to Taiwan)
• 化学武器防护(化學武器防護) chemical weapon defense
• 武功 martial art; military accomplishments; (Peking opera) martial arts feats
• 文武合一 civilians and the military (working) hand in hand
• 武艺高强(武藝高強) highly skilled in martial arts
• 千吨级核武器(千噸級核武器) kiloton weapon
• 耀武扬威(耀武揚威) to show off one's military strength; to strut around; to bluff; to bluster

Also contained in

唐武宗 、 魏太武帝 、 武陵王 、 武汉 、 武平 、 宣武 、 冯武 、 赵武灵王 、 武都 、 孙武子 、 武宁县 、 宋孝武 、 武川 、 武丁 、 大武乡 、 黄武 、 武隆县 、 武昌区 、 武安市 、 武夷山 、 神武元圣孝皇帝 、 武清 、 武英殿 、 武挺绪 、 周武帝 、 武义 、 郑武公 、 邵武市 、 洪武

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十六 唐書2: 武皇本紀下 Volume 26 Book of Later Tang 2: Wuhuang Annals 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 128
• 卷二十五 唐書1: 武皇本紀上 Volume 25 Book of Later Tang 1: Wuhuang Annals 1 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 115
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 110
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 108
• 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 95
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 93
• 卷一百四十二 列傳第九十二: 李寶臣 王武俊 王廷湊 Volume 142 Biographies 92: Li Baochen, Wang Wujun, Wang Tingcou Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 80
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 78
• 卷19 列傳第11 達奚武 子震 侯莫陳順 豆盧寧 宇文貴 楊忠 王雄 Volume 19 Biographies 11: Da Xiwu; Zi Zhen; Houmo Chenshun; Dou Luning; Yu Wengui; Yang Zhong; Wang Xiong Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 76
• 卷十八 志第八 禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 75

Collocations

• 武子 (武子) 魏武子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 78
• 季武 (季武) 季武子如晉見 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 26
• 武公 (武公) 美武公之德也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧淇奧 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Qi Wei — count: 23
• 武子曰 (武子曰) 隨武子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 19
• 赵武 (趙武) 趙武為卿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 16
• 武仲 (武仲) 季文子問師數於臧武仲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 12
• 知武 (知武) 知武子佐下軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
• 臧武 (臧武) 季文子問師數於臧武仲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
• 武伯 (武伯) 武伯伐成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 9
• 武夫 (武夫) 赳赳武夫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 9