Hui

See also: hui, huí, huì, huī, and huǐ

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 回 (Huí).

Noun

1. 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)
• Burmese: ပန်းသေးလူမျိုး (pan:se:lu-myui:), ပန်းသေး (my) (pan:se:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 回族 (wui⁴ zuk⁶)

  Dungan: Хуэйзў (Hueyzw)

  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))
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• Mongolian: Хотон үндэстэн (Xoton ündesten), Хуй үндэстэн (Xuj 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

1. 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, 徽州话 (fai¹ zau¹ waa^6-2), 徽語／徽语 (fai¹ jyu⁵), 徽语 (fai¹ jyu⁵)

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

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• French: hui (fr) m

See also

• Dungan
• hui
• Islam
• Ningxia
• Yinchuan

Anagrams

• UHI