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惠特妮·休斯顿

Huì tè nī · Xiū sī dùndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-38f2e0f1b917d2d5. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

惠特妮·休斯頓 惠特妮·休斯顿 [Hui4 te4 ni1 · Xiu1 si1 dun4] /Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress/

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Other forms in these source records: 惠特妮·休斯頓

  • 惠
    huì

    (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[huì gù])

    Huì

    surname Hui

  • 特
    tè

    special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[tè kè sī], tex

  • 妮
    nī

    girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ní]

  • 休
    xiū

    to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't

    Xiū

    surname Xiu

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

    Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]

  • 顿
    dùn

    to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

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