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kwai

kwai is the alternative form of kuai.

Meaning of kuai

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Kwai

Kwai

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Khwae Noi (“Thai river”).

Forms of kwai

pluralkwai

Phrases with kwai

Questions about kwai

What is kwai the alternative form of?
Kwai is the alternative form of kuai.
What part of speech is kwai?
Kwai is a proper noun.

Words near kwai in the dictionary

  1. kwachas
  2. kwagga
  3. kwaggas
  4. Kwagiulth
  5. Kwagu'ł
  6. kwai
  7. Kwai Chung
  8. kwai muk
  9. Kwai Tsing
  10. kwailo
  11. kwailos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kwai (page history and authors); Kwai (page history and authors); kuai (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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