kuai
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Mandarin 膾/脍 (kuài).
Noun edit
kuai (uncountable)
- A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat.
Translations edit
a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Mandarin 塊/块 (kuài).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
kuai (plural kuai)
- (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.[1]
Anagrams edit
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
kuai
- Nonstandard spelling of kuāi.
- Nonstandard spelling of kuǎi.
- Nonstandard spelling of kuài.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.