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惠

Mandarin · pinyin huì#

(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior)
(honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧 huì gù)

Mandarin · pinyin Huì#

surname Hui

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惠: huì · favor, benefit, confer kindness

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4 · hui4

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benefit; favor; advantage
to benefit; to grant a favor; favor; to advantage
(obsolete) to love
benevolent; kindhearted
mild; gentle; kind
(polite) used as a form of compliment
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 惠州 (Huìzhōu, “Huizhou”)
a surname, Hui

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(Shaanxi dialect) a surname: Xi

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