唔
wúTraditional: 唔
Translation
um, mm (hesitation or assent sound)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the mouth radical 口 (kǒu) marking it as a vocal sound and 吾 (wú) supplying the pronunciation, written to represent a murmur of hesitation or agreement.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 口 (kǒu, mouth) + 吾 (wú, phonetic)
Stroke order
唔
Examples
，。
Um, let me think about it.
，。
Mm, this question is not easy to answer.
，。
Mm, I feel like I have seen you somewhere before.
，。
Mm, that sounds good.
，。
Um, I have not decided yet.
唔 (wú) is an interjection representing a murmured sound used to fill a pause, signal thinking, or give soft agreement, much like the English "um" or "mm". It is a filler particle rather than a content word.
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