English Explanatory Dictionary

sui

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of suicide.
noun
  1. Initialism of stress urinary incontinence.
name
  1. The Sui dynasty of China which ruled from 581 to 618.
  2. A surname of Chinese origin.
name
  1. A county of Suizhou, Hubei, China.
noun
  1. A member of an ethnic people living primarily in the Guizhou province of China, with around 430,000 people.
name
  1. The language of these people, part of the Kra-Dai language family.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Sui language or the Sui people.

Pronunciation

/sweɪ/ swā

Word forms

sui suis

Etymology

From Mandarin 隋 (Suí).

Related words

suey sooey Wiktionary’s coverage of Sui terms
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