chui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chui"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɥi/

Contraction

chui

1. (colloquial) contraction of je + contraction of suis: I'm.

Mandarin

Romanization

chui

1. nonstandard spelling of chuī
2. nonstandard spelling of chuí
3. nonstandard spelling of chuǐ
4. nonstandard spelling of chuì

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *quyu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.

Noun

chui

1. hair

References

• chui in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• chui in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• chui in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 64.

Swahili

chui wa Afrika

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

chui class IX (plural chui class X)

1. leopard, Panthera pardus

Derived terms

• chui milia

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) chun (in lects where *-l > /-n/)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cuj˧˧]

Verb

chui • (𨄺, 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, 推)

1. to duck under; to move headlong; to pass through hunched over
2. (figurative) to creep; to sneak; to move stealthily

Adjective

chui • (𨄺, 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, 推)

1. (figurative) illicit; underground; shady

Derived terms

• cầu chui
• chó chui gầm chạn
• chui lủi
• chui luồn
• chui nhủi
• chui rúc
• thề cá trê chui ống

See also

• bò (“to creep; crawl”)