WordTaiwan frequency #18,033
吳茂昆
ㄨˊ ㄇㄠˋ ㄎㄨㄣ
“Taiwanese physicist; former minister of education; noted superconductivity researcher”
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吳
ㄨˊ
Surname Wu; name of ancient Chinese states; region of southern Jiangsu and Shanghai; to speak loudly or make noise.
茂
ㄇㄠˋ
Luxuriant; flourishing; abundant; talented; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene; to encourage; surname.
昆
ㄎㄨㄣ
Elder brother; descendant, offspring; a style of poetry; used in place names like Kunlun Mountains; also used for transliteration.
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- 昆蟲ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊinsect; a general term for bugs and insects.
- 吳敦義ㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄧˋWu Den-yih; Taiwanese politician; former Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan); former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT).
- 吳姓ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋthe surname Wu; a person with the surname Wu.
- 東吳ㄉㄨㄥ ㄨˊEastern Wu (222–280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan.
- 吳宗憲ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˋWu Zongxian; Taiwanese entertainer, TV host, singer, and actor known for his comedic style and variety shows.
- 昆明ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊcapital city of Yunnan Province in southwestern China; a major urban center in mainland China
- 吳三桂ㄨˊ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋMing–Qing general who opened Shanhai Pass to the Manchus; later a Qing prince who rebelled and declared himself emperor of the Zhou dynasty.
- 茂密ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄧˋdense; thick; lush; (of vegetation) growing thickly and abundantly
- 吳思華ㄨˊ ㄙ ㄏㄨㄚˊTaiwan academic and government official; Minister of Education (2014–2016); former president of National Chengchi University
- 吳音寧ㄨˊ ㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄥˊTaiwan agricultural activist and writer; served as secretary-general of Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation, a politically controversial appointment
- 昆山ㄎㄨㄣ ㄕㄢKunshan, a county-level city in Jiangsu province, China
- 吳國ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊhistorical state of Wu; ancient kingdom in the Jiangsu region (Zhou dynasty); Eastern Wu kingdom founded by Sun Quan (Three Kingdoms period)