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

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

chui class IX (plural chui class X)

  1. leopard, Panthera pardus

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

Verb

chui • (𨄺, 𩠱, 𩠳, 𥩉, )

  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, )

  1. (figurative) illicit; underground; shady

Derived terms

See also

  • (to creep; crawl)