su

noun
/suː/UK/su/CA

Etymology

From Mandarin 蘇/苏 (sū).

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of xu (“former Vietnamese currency”).

    • 100 su = 1 Vietnam dong
    • Old people pine for the days when a serving of rice cost a 100 su coin.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of its variant forms.

    • "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan; "it isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter.
  3. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

  4. + 8 more definitions
    1. Abbreviation of Sunday.

    2. Initialism of Soviet Union

      Initialism of Soviet Union: a former country in Europe and Asia.

    3. Any of several universities

      Any of several universities:

    4. Abbreviation of North Sumatra

      Abbreviation of North Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.

    5. Initialism of students' union.

    6. Abbreviation of special unitary group.

    7. Initialism of state university.

    8. Initialism of statistical unit.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA