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wěi

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wěi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wěi | wei3
English translation
vulgar, low; wanton, obscene

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About wěi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

wěi

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of wěi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭畏

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

wèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and wèi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wěi

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男人 nán rén men 吊儿郎当 diào r láng dāng de zhàn zhāo 大口 dà kǒu 大口地 zhāo 啤酒 píjiǔ 偶尔 ǒuěr Huán duì zhāo 路过 lù guò de 女性 nǚ xìng 猥亵 wěi xiè 地笑

Men were standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering at passing females.

他们 tā men yīn 存在 cúnzài 严重 yánzhòng 猥亵行为 ér 被判有罪 yǒu zuì

They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.

Words with wěi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
猥琐 wěi suǒ vulgar猥瑣
猥亵 wěi xiè obscene猥褻
wěi humble wěi
淫猥 yín wěi obscene淫猥 yín wěi

wěi Decomposition & Compounds

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