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chu

interjectionpronouncommon in dialogue

  • //tʃuː//

The sound of a kiss.

interjection

  1. 1

    slangThe sound of a kiss.

    By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime^([sic]) I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."

    >Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending. <chu!> Seems fine to me. ^_^

    movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

Etymology

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

pronoun

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    slangYou.

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a /t/ sound.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).