kuai

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See also: kuài, kuāi, kuǎi, kuái̱, and kūʻai

English

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kuai (dish)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 膾／脍 (kuài).

Noun

kuai (uncountable)

A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat.

Translations

a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat

Chinese:
Mandarin: 生魚片／生鱼片 (zh) (shēngyúpiàn), 魚生／鱼生 (zh) (yúshēng), 魚膾／鱼脍 (zh) (yúkuài), 膾／脍 (zh) (kuài), 鱠／鲙 (zh) (kuài)
Japanese: 膾 (ja) (なます, namasu), 鱠 (ja) (なます, namasu)

See also

sashimi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 塊／块 (kuài).

Alternative forms

kwai

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Auki, Iuka

Mandarin

Romanization

kuai

Nonstandard spelling of kuāi.
Nonstandard spelling of kuǎi.
Nonstandard spelling of kuài.

Usage notes

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.

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