There are four types of sounds on the Japanese hand drum: Po, Pu, Ta, Chi. Po and Pu have very similar tones, but are subtly different.
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Pu
//pu//
Synonyms for "pu" (9 found)
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Translations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蒲 name (county)
Sample sentences
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IMO, this stinks. PU.
Source: wiktionary
THIS NEWSGROUP STINKS PU
Source: wiktionary
Phew can mean you are exhausted, hot, and other things which leave you overwhelmed. Pew is a bench you sit on in church. PU means that something stinks. I feel no connection between these words. While Phew *may* mean "what a stink", PU can mean *only* "what a stink". By the way, PU has been around at least since was a young kid 60 years ago.
Source: wiktionary
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