"kuai" meaning in English

See kuai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 膾/脍 (kuài). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|膾|tr=kuài}} Mandarin 膾/脍 (kuài) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kuai (uncountable)
  1. A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Related terms: sashimi Translations (a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat): 生魚片 (Chinese Mandarin), 生鱼片 (shēngyúpiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 魚生 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼生 (yúshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 魚膾 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼脍 (yúkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (kuài) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (kuài) (Chinese Mandarin), (namasu) (alt: なます) (Japanese), (namasu) (alt: なます) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-kuai-en-noun-DOEKRuIq Disambiguation of Foods: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Hanyu Pinyin, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Hanyu Pinyin: 47 28 8 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 26 11 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 26 12 12 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: kuai [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 塊/块 (kuài). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|塊|tr=kuài}} Mandarin 塊/块 (kuài) Head templates: {{en-noun|kuai}} kuai (plural kuai)
  1. (China, informal) yuan (Chinese unit of currency) Tags: China, informal Synonyms: kwai
    Sense id: en-kuai-en-noun-zIB9Ot1b Categories (other): Chinese English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat",
          "word": "鱠"
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          "word": "鲙"
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