English

Proper noun

Hui

1. An ethnic group of China, distinguished by their practice of Islam, who speak Mandarin (or Dungan in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia).
2. A Chinese lect (徽, Huī) spoken in Southern Anhui and neighbouring Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

Translations

See also

• Dungan
• hui
• Islam
• Ningxia
• Yinchuan

English

Noun

hui ‎(plural huis)

1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /wi/

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hui

1. (Valencia or archaic) Alternative form of avui

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ui

Interjection

hui

1. oh! (an exclamation cried when scared)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɥi/

Etymology

From Latin hodiē, from hōc ‎(“this”) + diē.

Cognate with Galician hoxe, Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje and Italian oggi.

Adverb

hui

1. (obsolete) today

Usage notes

• only used in contemporary French in the noun aujourd'hui

German

Interjection

hui

1. an exclamation of pleasant surprise

Hawaiian

Noun

hui

1. club, organization
2. company, firm
3. combination
4. cluster
5. chorus (refrain)
6. plus sign

Verb

hui

1. (intransitive) to meet
2. (intransitive) to unite, join
3. (intransitive) to combine

Ido

Noun

hui

1. plural of huo

Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhui/

Interjection

hui!

1. ho!, my word! (expressing surprise)
2. ooh!, aah! (expressing admiration)

References

• hui in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hui in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hui”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• hui in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Mandarin

Romanization

hui

1. Nonstandard spelling of huī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of huí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of huǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of huì.

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.

See also

• -huì

Northern Sami

Adverb

hui

1. very

Old French

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Noun

hui m

1. today

Descendants

• French: aujourd'hui
  • Haitian Creole: jodi a
• Walloon: ouy

Spanish

Verb

hui

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of huir.