chuí

  1. chuí verb to hang ; to suspend; to droop
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '垂' 1; Unihan '垂'; XHZD '垂' 1)
  2. chuí adverb almost; nearly; about to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 将要 (Guoyu '垂' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '垂' 4; XHZD '垂' 3)
  3. chuí verb to hand down; to bequeath
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 留传 or 传下去; for example, 名垂青史 'fame will be passed down in history' (Guoyu '垂' v 2; Unihan '垂'; XHZD '垂' 2)
  4. chuí verb to approach
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 接近 (XHZD '垂' 3)
  5. chuí verb to descend; to drop; to fall
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 掉落 (Guoyu '垂' v 1; Kroll 2015 '垂' 2)
  6. chuí verb to condescend; to be so kind to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '垂' 3)
  7. chuí adverb honoring previous generations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '垂' adv 4)
  8. chuí verb hanging; depending upon
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: avalambana, Japanese: sui (BCSD '垂', p. 294; DJBT '垂', p. 426; Mahāvyutpatti 'avalambanam'; MW 'avalambana'; SH '垂', p. 253)

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