us: user cpu time (or) % CPU time spent in user space

sy: system cpu time (or) % CPU time spent in kernel space

ni: user nice cpu time (or) % CPU time spent on low priority processes

id: idle cpu time (or) % CPU time spent idle

wa: io wait cpu time (or) % CPU time spent in wait (on disk)

hi: hardware irq (or) % CPU time spent servicing/handling hardware interrupts

si: software irq (or) % CPU time spent servicing/handling software interrupts

st: steal time – – % CPU time in involuntary wait by virtual cpu while hypervisor is servicing another processor (or) % CPU time stolen from a virtual machine