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hui¹
- /ˈhʉː.iː/ New Zealand
- [ˈhʉ(w)i(ː)] New Zealand
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori hui.
noun hui · huis
- A Māori social gathering or assembly. […] accounts of the proceedings of important huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs […].
- A meeting to discuss plans held by an organization, especially one that considers itself progressive. Shelley's document hadn't mentioned the billionaire at all, and although Mira had said at the hui that Lemoine used the airstrip frequently, she'd seemed to suggest that the farm was his destination, not his point of departure, which would imply that he was living somewhere else.
Hui²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Mandarin 回 (Huí).
noun
- An ethnic group of China, distinguished by their practice of Islam, who speak Mandarin (or Dungan in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia). In Hui restaurants in towns such as Wuchung and Chungning, restaurant workers wearing the white caps of the Hui nationality serve customers. Most government institutions, factories and schools in different parts of the autonomous region have set up dining rooms for the Huis, where their special food
Hui³
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Mandarin 徽 (Huī).
proper noun
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A Chinese lect spoken in Southern Anhui and neighbouring Zhejiang and Jiangxi.
Similar: Huizhou
Hui⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Mandarin 惠 (Huì), 回 (Huí), or Cantonese 許／许 (heoi2).
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wei, meng, town, wui, mike, market, heo, emblem, hay, licensed, license, licensing, day, hue, authorization, paddy
Translations
Talk about this word "hui." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hui. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hui. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hui "hui." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hui.Cite this
@misc{hui_2026,
title = {hui},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hui},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
