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kuai

kuai noun: a historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat.

Noun (1)

kuai (uncountable)

  1. A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat.

Noun (2)

kuai (plural kuai)

  1. (China, informal) yuan (Chinese unit of currency)
    • Many Chinese people never cook at home because the range of options is endless, from 10-Kuai eats, to 1,000-Kuai feasts.

Forms of kuai

pluralkuai
alternative formkwai

Origin of kuai

Borrowed from Mandarin 膾 /脍 (kuài).

Borrowed from Mandarin 塊 /块 (kuài).

Questions about kuai

What does kuai mean?
Kuai means a historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat.
What part of speech is kuai?
Kuai is a noun.
What is the plural of kuai?
The plural of kuai is kuai.

Words near kuai in the dictionary

  1. Ku-ring-gai
  2. Ku-ring-gai Chase
  3. Ku-shan
  4. Ku-shih
  5. Ku-su
  6. kuai
  7. Kuaichi
  8. Kuaiji
  9. Kuajok
  10. kuaka
  11. kuakas

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