Sui

//sweɪ// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of suicide. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of stress urinary incontinence. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    A member of an ethnic people living primarily in the Guizhou province of China, with around 430,000 people.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the Sui language or the Sui people. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Sui dynasty of China which ruled from 581 to 618.
  2. 2
    A county of Suizhou, Hubei, China.

    "At P’inglin (north-east of the present Sui county, Hupeh), more than one thousand people rose under Ch’en Mu, calling themselves the “P’inglin Army”."

  3. 3
    The language of these people, part of the Kra-Dai language family.
  4. 4
    A surname of Chinese origin.

Synonyms

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china

Example

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"At P’inglin (north-east of the present Sui county, Hupeh), more than one thousand people rose under Ch’en Mu, calling themselves the “P’inglin Army”."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 隋 (Suí).

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 隨／随 (Suí).

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 水族 (Shuǐzú) or Sui Suic.

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