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ju¹

noun

  1. Hong Kong, no plural, slang Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.

Ju²

  • /d͡ʒuː/

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

proper noun

  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. historical A former prefecture of imperial China centered on Juzhou in what is now Guizhou Province.
  3. A county of Rizhao, Shandong, China. Among the various Neolithic inscriptions found on pottery vessels and other artifacts that contain astronomical information, the most significant ones are probably those found on ceremonial pottery vessels of the Dàwénkǒu culture (c. -4300 to -1900) unearthed in 1959 at Língyánghé 陵陽河 in Jǔ 莒 county

Similar: Juzhou

Ju³

proper noun

  1. Hong Kong, abbreviation, clipping, slang Clipping of JUPAS

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hsiang, ih, mong, yean, chong, kua, only, merely, simply, solely, exactly, precisely, righteous, equitable, fair, lawful

proper noun

Similar: Juzhou

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@misc{ju_2026,
  title = {ju},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ju},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}