Sui
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Sui can refer to:
SUI is a three-letter acronym
that can refer to:
- Sui or mizu, 水, meaning "Water" in Japanese, one of the elements in the Japanese system of five elementsFive elements (Japanese philosophy)One may encounter two kinds of five elements philosophy in Japan. One is called, in Japanese, gogyō , having its backgrounds in the Chinese five elements, and the other is called godai . Godai is usually regarded as a Buddhism term in Japan, with certain influences from Hinduism. The following...
and representing the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world. - Sui, which means "years of age" in Chinese age reckoning
- Sui DynastySui DynastyThe Sui Dynasty was a powerful, but short-lived Imperial Chinese dynasty. Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes. It was followed by the Tang Dynasty....
of China - Sui (surname)Sui (surname)Sui is the transcription of two Chinese surnames, Suí and Suī .Persons named Sui include:*Anna Sui, an American fashion designer*Sui Feifei, a female Chinese basketball player who played with the American WNBA....
, a transcription of two Chinese surnames - Sui, Rajasthan, a village in Rajasthan, India
- Sui (Balochistan)Sui (Balochistan)Sui is a sub-district of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan, Pakistan. The Sui gas field is located near Sui town.-Administration:The town of Sui serves as the administrative centre of Sui tehsil, a subdivision of the district, the town of Sui itself functions as a Union Council....
, a city in Balochistan, Pakistan - Sui gas fieldSui gas fieldSui gas field is the biggest natural gas field in Pakistan. It is located near Sui in Balochistan. The gas field was discovered in the late 1952 and the commercial exploitation of the field began in 1955....
, near Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan - Sui people, one of the Kam–Sui peoples, an ethnic group of China and Vietnam
- Sui languageSui languageThe Sui language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken by the Sui people of Guizhou province, China. According to Ethnologue, the total number of speakers is around 200,000 as of 1999. Sui is also unique for its rich inventory of consonants, with the Sandong dialect having as many as 70 consonants...
spoken by the Shui
- Sui language
- Sui County, HenanSui County, HenanSui County is a county of Shangqiu city, Henan province, People's Republic of China, with the population of about 79,0000 and an area of 960 km2. The county seat is Chengguan Township...
, county in Shangqiu, Henan, China - Sui County, HubeiSui County, HubeiSui County is a Chinese county located in Suizhou, Hubei, China.It was established in May, 2009....
, county in Suizhou, Hubei, China - Sui, a Latin word meaning "oneself"; part of the word suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
and the Latin phrases sui generisSui generisSui generis is a Latin expression, literally meaning of its own kind/genus or unique in its characteristics. The expression is often used in analytic philosophy to indicate an idea, an entity, or a reality which cannot be included in a wider concept....
and sui iurisSui iurisSui iuris, commonly also spelled sui juris, is a Latin phrase that literally means “of one’s own laws”.-Secular law:In civil law the phrase sui juris indicates legal competence, the capacity to manage one’s own affairs... - Sui (粋), an ideal in Japanese aestheticsJapanese aestheticsThe modern study of a Japanese aesthetics in the Western sense only started a little over two hundred years ago. But, by the term Japanese aesthetic, we tend to mean not this modern study, but a set of ancient ideals that include wabi , sabi , and yûgen...
similar to ikiIki (aesthetic ideal)Iki is a traditional aesthetic ideal of human behavior or volition in Japan, roughly "chic, stylish". The basis of iki is thought to have formed among urbane commoners in Edo in the Tokugawa period...
SUI is a three-letter acronym
Three-letter acronym
A three-letter acronym, three-letter abbreviation, or TLA is an abbreviation, specifically an acronym, alphabetism, or initialism, consisting of three letters...
that can refer to:
- The International Olympic Committee country code or the FIFA country code for
- Sonic user interfaceSonic user interfaceA sonic user interface or SUI is a human-machine interface that uses sound as the medium of communication. Unlike a GUI or graphical user interface, the user is only required to speak or make sounds into a microphone or other audio input device and listen for the output on a loudspeaker, headphone...
or speech user interface, similar to GUI for graphical user interface. - State Unemployment Insurance as paid in CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
or New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United States - Societate Ukrainian de Interlingua, Interlingua for the Ukrainian Society for InterlinguaUkrainian Society for InterlinguaThe Ukrainian Interlingua Society , works in Ukraine to promote the knowledge and active use of Interlingua...
- Stress urinary incontinence, also known as effort incontinence
- Standford University Interim, a type of channel model
- Speleological Union of IrelandSpeleological Union of IrelandThe Speleological Union of Ireland is the official representative body of cavers in Ireland, both in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. It is affiliated with the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation. Collectively they are known as SUICRO....
, is the All-Ireland representative body for cavingCavingCaving—also occasionally known as spelunking in the United States and potholing in the United Kingdom—is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems... - Serious Untoward Incident, a term used in the healthcare industry of the United Kingdom to refer to an unsafe occurrence