Fu

A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

  1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
    • The battle of Chihlo, south-west of Fu county, was the last major engagement in which the Central Red Army took part after its arrival in October and in which one of the enemy divisions was completely annihilated. -...
    • Mao's early career also illustrates his ability to alternate upsurges of optimistic advance with calculated retreats and cold pragmatism. One reason why flexibility and pragmatism were so important was the tendency of...
    • He immediately went to Fengxian to care for his wife and children. Fearing for their safety, he moved them to Fuzhou (modern Fu county, Shaanxi). - 1996, David R. Knechtges, “The Poetry of Du Fu (Tu Fu)”, in Ian P....
  2. A surname from Chinese

Origin

From Mandarin 富 (Fù).

Synonyms

Fuxian

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Derived

Fu Manchu