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回族人

Mandarin · pinyin Huí zú rén

Hui person
member of Hui ethnic group living across China

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
族: zú · a family clan, ethnic group, tribe
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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2–2–2 · Hui2 zu2 ren2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4 zuk6 jan4

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noun

Hui (person/people); Dungan (person/people)

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