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Hui

Hui

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A Chinese family name
  • proper noun
translation icon : Hui
  • How does that sound, Mr. and Mrs. Hui?
  • Lee Teng-hui
  • President Lee Teng-hui
  • Baohuang Hui

Examples

  • Her family was Hui (Chinese Muslim), a community that had suffered persecution in the past.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Mr. and Mrs. Hui were pleased to see their family gathered for the reunion.

  • I get this set of three students, Joan, E Hui, and Adam.

  • How good or bad a man is Moses Burke, Mrs. Hui?

    Heathens and Thieves (2012)

  • I really want... Yoon Hui Jae to be caught soon.

    Boneless (2024)

  • All right, Mr. Hui.

    Heathens and Thieves (2012)

  • Michael Hui.

    The Cannonball Run (1981)

  • The date of his disappearance is around the date of Jang Hui-jun's murder.

    Lone Wolves (2024)

  • His Majesty forgot to sign the appointment of the new prime Minister Mr. Chang Ching Hui!

    The Last Emperor (1987)

  • Liang accepted the invitation of the Baohuang Hui to tour North America to raise funds and recruit new members.

    Academic text (1992)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hui is a Chinese family name used by people of Chinese origin. It can come from Chinese characters like 惠 meaning 'kind' or 'favor' or 回 meaning 'return', so a helpful way to remember Hui is to think of a family who is kind or who always comes home.