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Wèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Wèi | Wei4
English translation
surname Wei
to speak
to say
to name
to designate
meaning
sense
to call, to say, to tell; name, title; meaning

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About Wèi

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

wèi

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of Wèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠胃

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

wèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and wèi represents the sound. Simplified form of wèi .

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Example sentences using Wèi

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所谓 suǒ wèi Lěng 就是 jiù shì 缺乏 quēfá 热量 rè liàng .

Cold is the privation of heat.

de 所谓 suǒ wèi 杰作 jié zuò 原来 yuánlái 如此 rú cǐ ya !

So this is your good works!

dāng lǎo ēn xiāo 发现 fāxiàn de 儿子 érzi 这样 zhè yàng 虐待 nüèdài 所谓 suǒ wèi de 可怜 kělián de 孤儿 gū ér shí , 这种 zhè zhǒng 逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu 使 shǐ 老恩 xiāo 冒火 mào huǒ le .

This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called

所谓 suǒ wèi 公仆 gōng pú ”, shì zhǐ 干部 gàn bù yāo 全心全意 quán xīn quán yì wéi 人民 rén mín 服务 fú wù .

By " public servant " we mean a cadre who serves the people whole - heartedly.

珍妮肯定 kěndìng huì zài 游泳 yóuyǒng le ——所谓 suǒ wèi 一朝 bèi shé yǎo , 十年井绳.

Jenny certainly won't go to swimming — once bitten, twice shy.

Words with Wèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
所谓 suǒ wèi so-called所謂
无所谓 wúsuǒwèi to be indifferent無所謂
可谓 kě wèi it could even be said可謂
Wèi to speak wèi
无谓 wú wèi pointless無謂
称谓 chēng wèi title稱謂
何谓 hé wèi (literary) what is?何謂
谓语 wèi yǔ (grammatical) predicate謂語
谓词 wèi cí predicate (in logic and grammar)謂詞
意谓 yì wèi to mean意謂

Wèi Decomposition & Compounds

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Wèi Decomposition

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