hui
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New Zealand/ˈhʉː.iː/
hui noun: a Māori social gathering or assembly.
Noun (1)
hui (plural hui or 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 […].1962, Education, volume 11, page 56
- “I even started training as a seminarian. It lasted till I met Hana at an interchurch hui.”1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 229
- 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.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 154
Noun (2) capitalized: Hui
Hui pl (plural only)
- 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...1978 November [1978 October 16], “Religious Life Never Interfered With”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 11, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16
- This compact collection of households comprises nine teams that are almost 100 percent Hui, a rarity in central and northern Ningxia, where Hui are thinly distributed among the majority Han population. Yongning county is only 12.9 percent Hui, a relatively small minority in contrast to neighboring...2002, Dru C. Gladney, “Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community”, in Susan D. Blum, Lionel M. Jensen, editors, China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom, Honolulu...
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hui
Hui
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hui
Hui
- A surname from Chinese.
hui meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
hui in Hindi
- हूई
hui in Tamil
- ஹுய், ஹூய்
hui in Marathi
- हूई, हुय
hui in Bengali
- হুই
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- hui in Telugu
- హుయ్, హుయి
- hui in Malayalam
- ഹുയ്, ഹുയി
- hui in Kannada
- ಹುಯ್, ಹುಯಿ
- hui in Punjabi
- ਹੂਈ
- hui in Gujarati
- હુઈ, હુઇ
- hui in Odia
- ହୁଇ
- hui in Nepali
- हुय
Synonyms of hui
Forms of hui
| plural | hui |
|---|---|
| plural | huis |
Origin of hui
Borrowed from Māori hui.
Borrowed from Mandarin 回 (Huí).
Borrowed from Mandarin 徽 (Huī).
Phrases with hui
Questions about hui
- What does hui mean?
- Hui means a Māori social gathering or assembly.
- What is hui in Hindi?
- Hui in Hindi is हूई. See Hui meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hui?
- Hui can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hui?
- Hui is pronounced /ˈhʉː.iː/ (New Zealand).
- What is the plural of hui?
- The plural of hui is hui.
Words near hui in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hui (page history and authors); Hui (page history and authors); hui (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hui (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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