chui

See also: Chui, CHUI, chuí, chúi, chuì, chùi, Chuí, chuī, chuǐ, and chūi

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
  • 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)

  1. leopard, Panthera pardus

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare North Central Vietnamese chun.

Pronunciation

Adjective

chui • (𨄺 - 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, 推)

  1. (figurative) illicit; underground; shady

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

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”)
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