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威风 wēifēng

威风 wēifēng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 威风 wēifēng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wēifēng | wei1 feng1
English translation
might
awe-inspiring authority
impressive

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Traditional form

威風

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 威风 wēifēng

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wēi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

is a pictograph of an axe, representing military power. possibly alludes to the domestic power wielded by mothers-in-law in ancient China.

Positional decomposition

戌女

Number of Strokes

9
fēng

Explanation

Simplified form of fēng . Originally written the same as fèng (phoenix) because the two characters sounded the same. Later the bottom part of the character was abbreviated to distinguish the two characters.

Positional decomposition

几乂

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 威风 wēifēng

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xún 官于 shì 装成 zhuāng chéng hěn yǒu 威风 wēifēng de 神气 shénqì kāi le kǒu : “ zhè shì 什么 shénme rén ? ”

The patrol leader, with a show of sternness, demanded, " Who is this? "

简单 jiǎndān 几句话 jiù shā le de 威风 wēifēng

In a few words she had put him in his place.

一度 yīdù hěn 强势 qiáng shì de 邮政 yóu zhèng 联盟 liánméng 已经 yǐjīng 威风 wēifēng 不再 bù zài

The once-powerful post unions have been cut down to size.

威风 wēifēng Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 威风 wēifēng and their own compounds.

威风 wēifēng Compounds

See all 28 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 威风 wēifēng in their composition.

  • wēi
    • wǎi , wēi , wēi , wēi , , , , , ,
  • fēng
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