Usually means: Chinese term for "step" or "pace".
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bu, bu: Merriam-Webster
  2. bu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bu: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. BU, Bu, bu, bU: Wordnik
  5. BU, Bu, bu: Wiktionary
  6. bu: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. bu: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. bu: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. BU, bu: Dictionary.com
  10. BU(1), BU(n), BU, Bu (film), Bu (kana), Bu, The 'Bu (TV show), The 'Bu (web series), .bu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. BU, Bu, bu: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. bu: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bu-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Crop Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. bu: Legal dictionary
  3. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. bu, bu: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BU, bu: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bu: Genealogy Glossary
  2. BU: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. bu: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bu, the bu: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  2. BU: Coin Collecting

Definitions from Wiktionary (BU)

noun:  Abbreviation of bushel (a unit of weight or dry measure). [(historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).]
noun:  Clipping of bureau. [An administrative unit of government; office.]
noun:  (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of butyl. [(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, Câ‚„H₉, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.]
noun:  Initialism of Baylor University.
noun:  Initialism of Boston University.
noun:  Initialism of Bournemouth University.
adjective:  (nautical) Initialism of broken up: referring to the scrapping of a decommissioned ship.
adjective:  (numismatic slang) Initialism of brilliant uncirculated.

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