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A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  A crow: 烏哺 the young crow reputed to feed its mother--(LL) filial piety;
書經三寫，烏焉成馬 (anc. proverb) when a book is copied thrice, the characters 烏 and 焉 become 馬;
白鳥頭 white-headed crow-an impossibility.
(2)  The sun (alleged to have a spot looking like a three-legged crow;
cf. 兔 rabbit standing for the moon): hence 烏兔 (the crow and the rabbit) the sun and the moon;
金烏 the golden sun.
(3)  A surname.
AdjBlack: 烏黑 [wu1hei1]↓;
烏鬚 black beard;
烏木 black wood, ebony;
烏梅 black plums;
烏橄欖 black olives;
烏雲 dark clouds;
發烏 turn black.
AdvHow: 烏可，烏能 how can? 烏有此事 how can such a thing be? no such thing! (also wr. 惡).
Excl烏乎 (u.f. 嗚呼) alas! (also wr. 烏虖).
Words1.烏豆 [wu1dou4], n., black beans. 
2.烏龜 [wu1gui1], n., tortoise (also a term of abuse). 
3.烏骨雞 [wu1gu3ji1], n., the silky chicken with black bones--a delicacy. 
4.烏黑（兒） [wu1hei1] ([wu1he1er0]), adj., jet black. 
5.烏合 [wu1he2], n., as in 烏合之眾 rabble troops. 
6.烏喙 [wu1hui4], n., a poisonous plant of crowfoot family, monkshood, wolfsbane (also called 烏頭喙). 
7.烏雞 [wu1ji1], n., see [wu1gu3ji1]↑. 
8.烏巾 [wu1jin1]1, n., formerly, hat of black gauze, see [wu1sha1]↓. 
9.烏金 [wu1jin1]2, n., copper and gold alloy. 
10.烏韭 [wu1jiu3], n., (bot.) the rock fern. 
11.烏臼 [wu1zhou4], n., (bot.) the tallow tree. 
12.烏竹 [wu1zhu2], n., black bamboo. 
13.烏拉 [wu1la1], n., a moccasin used in 吉林 Kirin, northeast Manchuria, filled with 烏拉草 for warmth. 
14.烏蘞莓 [wu1lian2mei2], n., (bot.) a vine, Cissus japonica. 
15.烏龍茶 [wu1long2cha2], n., oolong tea. 
16.烏麥 [wu1mai4], n., a kind of buckwheat. 
17.烏木 [wu1mu4], n., black wood. 
18.烏紗 [wu1sha1], n., a hat of black gauze, generally known as official's cap, esp.since Tarng Dyn. 
19.烏絲欄 [wu1si1lan2], n., thin black lines as ruling on paper or silk for paintings. 
20.烏條蛇 [wu1tiao2she2], n., a kind of snake. 
21.烏頭 [wu1tou2], n., see [wu1hui4]↑. 
22.烏塗 [wu1tu0], adj. & n., (1)  muddy; (2)  half-boiled, warm (water); (3)  var. of 糊塗 unclear; muddleheaded. 
23.烏托邦 [wu1tuo1bang1], n., Utopia. 
24.烏雜 [wu1za2], adj., see [wu1he2]↑. 
25.烏賊 [wu1ze2], n., cuttlefish. 
26.烏烏 [wu1wu1], adj., descriptive of cry of pain, like Eng. “wow!” 
27.烏鴉 [wu1ya1], n., the crow. 
28.烏眼（兒）雞 [wu1yan3] ([wu1ya3er0]) [ji1], n., “black-eyed chicken”: 烏眼雞似的 venomous look of hatred. 
29.烏芋 [wu1yU4], n., water chestnut. 
30.烏魚 [wu1yU2], n., black fish. 
31.烏雲 [wu1yUn2], n., (1)  dark clouds; (2)  woman's black hair.