English
Hui
Hui comes from Mandarin ^回.
- Mandarinmodern^回Huí
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Hui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern^回Huí
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Hui
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1978 October 16, Religious Life Never Interfered With: “In Hui restaurants in towns such as Wuchung and…”
Every English word from Mandarin ^回
Another origin of Hui
- Mandarinmodern^徽Huī
- EnglishtodayHui
Another origin of Hui
- Mandarinmodern^惠Huì
- EnglishtodayHui
Today it means
noun An ethnic group of China, distinguished by their practice of Islam, who speak Mandarin (or Dungan in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin ^回 / Hui