Hui

See also: hui, huí, huì, huī, and huǐ

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 回 (Huí).

Noun

Hui pl (plural only)

An ethnic group of China, distinguished by their practice of Islam, who speak Mandarin (or Dungan in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia).

Translations

people

Arabic: هُوي‎‎ m (hūy)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 回族 (wui⁴ zuk⁶)

Dungan: Хуэйзў (Huejzw)

Mandarin: 回族 (zh) (Huízú)
Japanese: 回族 (ja) (かいぞく, Kaizoku), ホイ族 (Hoi-zoku)
Korean: 후이족 (ko) (Hui-jok) (回族 (ko))

Mongolian: Хотон үндэстэн (Hoton ündesten), Хуй үндэстэн (Huj ündesten)
Persian: هوئی‎‎
Russian: хуэйцзу́ m pl (xuejczú), хуэ́й (ru) m (xuéj)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Uyghur: خۇيزۇ‎‎ (xuyzu)
Vietnamese: người Hồi
Zhuang: Veizcuz

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 徽 (Huī).

Proper noun

Hui

A Chinese lect spoken in Southern Anhui and neighbouring Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

Translations

dialect

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 徽州話, 徽州话 (fai¹ zau¹ waa⁶^-²), 徽語, 徽语 (fai¹ jyu⁵)

Mandarin: 徽州話, 徽州话 (Huīzhōuhuà), 徽語 (zh), 徽语 (zh) (Huīyǔ)

French: hui (fr) m

See also

Anagrams

UHI

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