Lu

Lu

1. (chemistry) lutetium.

Clipping of Lucy, Lucille., and similar names.

Lu

1. A diminutive of the female given name Lucy and related names.
   • 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Fontana Lions, published 1980, →ISBN, page 27:

     "Why?" said Lucy in amazement, "haven't you all been wondering where I was?" "So you've been hiding, have you?" Peter said. "Poor old Lu, hiding and nobody noticed!

From Mandarin surname pronunciations

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu/

Lu (plural Lus)

1. (countable) A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
   1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 呂／吕 (Lǚ).
      • 2023 March 12, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: A multi-talented dissident”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 13, 2023, Features, page 13‎^[2]:

        As editor-in-chief of the pro-communist Kuangming News (光明報), Lu He-ruo (呂赫若) became a wanted man after the newspaper was raided by the authorities in August 1949. While many of his friends were arrested and executed, he managed to elude capture by hiding in the mountains of today’s New Taipei City’s Shihding District (石碇).
        Lu never made it out of the mountains, and his death remained a mystery for decades.

   2. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 盧／卢 (Lú).
   3. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 陸／陆 (Lù).
   4. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 魯／鲁 (Lǔ).
   5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 路 (Lù).
   6. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 蘆／芦 (Lú).
   7. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 祿／禄 (Lù).
   8. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 逯 (Lù).
   9. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 鹿 (Lù).

Lu can be considered a misspelling of Lü with respect to the surname 呂／吕 (Lǚ).

From Hokkien ���／吕 (Lū).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu/

Lu (plural Lus)

1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

From Mandarin 魯／鲁 (lǔ, “Lǔ”) pronunciation of Chinese 魯／鲁 (lǔ).

• Loo, Lou, Louh

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu/, /ˈl(i)oʊ/

Lu

1. 魯國／鲁国 (Lǔguó); An ancient vassal state of China that existed approximately between 1042–249 BC.

Lu

1. Synonym of Luren (“a Chinese language”)

• UL, Ul, ul

From Hakka 盧／卢 (lú).

Lu

1. a surname from Hakka

• Lou, Loo, Lew, Du

Borrowed from Hokkien 呂／吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lou, Loo, Luy, Lew, and Du.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlu/ [ˈlu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: Lu

Lu (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien