Get to know Kwai better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like yuan.
Kwai meaning
Alternative form of kuai (“yuan, Chinese currency”).
Synonyms of Kwai
Using Kwai
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of kuai (“yuan, Chinese currency”).
- Useful related words include: yuan, chinese monetary unit.
- In the example corpus, kwai often appears in combinations such as: the kwai, kwai and, kwai chung.
Context around Kwai
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kwai
- In this selection, "kwai" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, river, lan, weng, chung, fong and tsing stand out and add context to how "kwai" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include kwai da kwai and dankali and 1972 as kwai chang caine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kwai" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kwai
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Few movies drive home the futility of war quite as well as The Bridge on the River Kwai does. (19 words)
They are working with researchers to further study currents using data from drifting sensors deployed, in part, by the Kwai. (20 words)
Live video streamed by Hong Kong media showed protesters chanting slogans and throwing eggs at the Kwai Chung police station. (20 words)
In announcing the findings of its inquiry into Amri and Koh’s disappearances, Suhakam commissioner Mah Weng Kwai said police had refused to reclassify the cases from abduction to “enforced disappearance” despite calls for them to do so. (38 words)
Malya inspired the Rice project two years ago after seeing families try to keep critically ill loved ones at the Kwai River Christian Hospital in Thailand alive by bag-ventilating them for hours on end. (35 words)
A fireworks display that traditionally lights up famed Victoria Harbor was cancelled amid safety concerns, while some roads were closed and barriers set up in the Lan Kwai Fong nightlife district to control crowds. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ever since then, I have developed an unconditional love for ‘kwai da kwai’ and ‘Dankali’, I do eat it as my three-square meal.
If you are one, then make yourself a regular fan, never lose the numerous vitamins and minerals for anything, I think I fell in love with ‘kwai da kwai and Dankali’ once again.
On June 2 last year, Carlito B Platon, 49, disembarked from a cargo vessel that docked at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal in Kwai Chung in the New Territories.
Dr. Allan Zeman, founder and chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, came to accept the Icon Award from the editorial team of Property Report by PropertyGuru, the official magazine.
Few movies drive home the futility of war quite as well as The Bridge on the River Kwai does.
Premiering with a TV movie in 1972, as Kwai Chang Caine, the son of an American man and a Chinese woman.
A fireworks display that traditionally lights up famed Victoria Harbor was cancelled amid safety concerns, while some roads were closed and barriers set up in the Lan Kwai Fong nightlife district to control crowds.
Among the popular applications that have been blocked include TikTok, UC Browser, Shareit, Helo, UC News, Kwai and Baidu Map, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
In the case of the sparsely populated northern Cook Islands coral atolls of Penhryn, Pukapuka, Manihiki, Rakahanga, and Nassau, island authorities turned away the supply ship “Kwai,” which was carrying critical but perishable supplies.
Li Kwai Wah, senior superintendent of the police’s national security department, said that senior executives of a media organization also used a foreign bank account to provide financial support to the group.
Malya inspired the Rice project two years ago after seeing families try to keep critically ill loved ones at the Kwai River Christian Hospital in Thailand alive by bag-ventilating them for hours on end.
They are working with researchers to further study currents using data from drifting sensors deployed, in part, by the Kwai.
A week ago, after an hourslong standoff with the police in the Kwai Fong area, antigovernment protesters retreated to a subway station.
In announcing the findings of its inquiry into Amri and Koh’s disappearances, Suhakam commissioner Mah Weng Kwai said police had refused to reclassify the cases from abduction to “enforced disappearance” despite calls for them to do so.
Kwai continued: “Now Hong Kong’s status as a financial hub, and the free entry and exit of capital, have become uncertain.
Live video streamed by Hong Kong media showed protesters chanting slogans and throwing eggs at the Kwai Chung police station.
Arnold was a brilliant trumpeter and film composer — he earned an Oscar for scoring The Bridge on the River Kwai — who experimented with non-traditional instrumentation including vacuum cleaners, rifles and a floor polisher.
Following poor testimonies from witnesses so far, Suhakam commissioner Mah Weng Kwai made the request to third witness, Faisol Abdul Rahman, who is non-governmental organisation Perlis Hope’s spokesman and Perlis PKR chief.
David Lean 's Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) was judged best picture at the Oscars; it took the genre from chilly German prisons to the heat of a camp in Thailand.
The container port in Hong Kong is one of the busiest in the world. citation The Kwai Chung Terminal operates 24 hours a day.
Common combinations with kwai
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the kwai 5×
- kwai and 3×
- kwai chung 3×
- kwai fong 3×
- river kwai 3×
- kwai da 2×
- da kwai 2×
- lan kwai 2×
- weng kwai 2×