Hui

Dictionary: Hui (hwē) pronunciation

also Hwei (hwā)
n., pl., Hui, or Huis, also Hwei or Hweis.
A member of a Muslim people of northwest China, descended chiefly from the Han and an important minority of the Chinese population; a Chinese Muslim.

[Chinese (Mandarin) Huí.]

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Muslim people of western China. They number about nine million. Their ancestors were merchants, soldiers, craftsmen, and scholars who came to China from Islamic Persia and Central Asia from the 7th to the 13th century and intermarried with the Han Chinese and other local nationalities. Most are farmers and live in rural areas. They speak Chinese dialects and are distinguishable from their neighbours chiefly by their religion.

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