chui
See also: Chui, CHUI, chuí, chúi, chuì, chùi, Chuí, chuī, chuǐ, and chūi
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɥi/
Contraction
chui
- (colloquial) Contraction of je + Contraction of suis: I'm.
Mandarin
Romanization
chui
- Nonstandard spelling of chuī.
- Nonstandard spelling of chuí.
- Nonstandard spelling of chuǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of chuì.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Swahili
chui wa Afrika
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
chui (n class, plural chui)
- leopard, Panthera pardus
Derived terms
- chui milia
Vietnamese
Etymology
Compare North Central Vietnamese chun.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cuj˧˧]
Adjective
chui • (𨄺 - 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, 推)
- (figurative) illicit; underground; shady
Verb
chui • (𨄺 - 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, 推)
- to duck under; to move headlong; to pass through hunched over
- (figurative) to creep; to sneak; to move stealthily
Derived terms
- cầu chui (橋𨄺, “overpass”)
- chó chui gầm chạn (“”)
- chui lủi (“”)
- chui luồn (“”)
- chui nhủi (“”)
- chui rúc (“”)
- thề cá trê chui ống (“”)
See also
- bò (“to creep; crawl”)