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

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.

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”)

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