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Readings

Pinyin: xū

Wade-Giles: hsü

Hangul: 수

Korean MC: su

Korean MR: su

Katakana: シュ

Katakana: ス

Hepburn: shu

Hepburn: su

tu

to wait

• To expect; necessary, must; should be. (Skt. avaśyam, -tavya; arthin; arthika, avaśya, akāṅkṣamāṇa, ā-√rabh, kārya, √krī, prati-√sev, prayojana, sārthaka) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
• A moment, an instant, a split-second. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
• To be late. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Transliteration of foreign sound su, like 蘇. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 478b

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 371

Koga, 196

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 628d

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1262

Lokakṣema's Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima), 553

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