chui
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɥi/
Contraction
chui
Mandarin
Romanization
chui
- nonstandard spelling of chuī
- nonstandard spelling of chuí
- nonstandard spelling of chuǐ
- 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
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
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
chui class IX (plural chui class X)
Derived terms
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (North Central Vietnam) chun (in lects where *-l > /-n/)
Pronunciation
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
Adjective
chui • (𨄺, 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, 推)
- (figurative) illicit; underground; shady
Derived terms
- chui luồn
- chui lủi
- chui nhủi
- chui rúc
- chó chui gầm chạn
- cầu chui
- thề cá trê chui ống
See also
- bò (“to creep; crawl”)