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Chui

Chui proper noun: a surname from Chinese [in turn from Hokkien, Cantonese]. Also the alternative form of the Chu.

Proper noun

Chui (plural Chuis)

  1. A surname from Chinese [in turn from Hokkien, Cantonese].

Noun capitalized: CHUI

CHUI (plural CHUIs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of character user interface.

Also used as

Chui is also the alternative form of the Chu.

Forms of Chui

Proper noun
pluralChuis
Noun
pluralCHUIs

Origin of Chui

Romanization of Cantonese 崔 (ceoi1) and Hokkien 崔 (chhui). Doublet of Cui.

From Kyrgyz Чүй (Cüy)

Questions about Chui

What does Chui mean?
Chui means a surname from Chinese [in turn from Hokkien, Cantonese].
What part of speech is Chui?
Chui can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Chui in the dictionary

  1. Chuhoi
  2. chuhra
  3. chuhras
  4. Chuhsiung
  5. Chuhuiv
  6. Chui
  7. CHUIs
  8. chuiwan
  9. Chuj
  10. chuk-chuk
  11. Chuka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chui (page history and authors); CHUI (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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