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wěi

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wěi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wěi | wei3
English translation
false
fake
forged
bogus
Taiwan pr. [wèi]
variant of wěi
> wěi [wěi]
false, counterfeit, bogus

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About wěi

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

wěi

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Abbreviation / 简称略语 Jiǎnchēng lüèyǔ

Etymology of wěi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻为

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

wéi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and wéi represents the sound. Simplified form of wěi .

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Example sentences using wěi

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警察 jǐngchá 很快 jiù 找到 zhǎo dào le 那些 nà xiē 散发 sànfā 二十 èr shí Yuán 票面伪币 wěi bì de 家伙 jiāhuo .

The police quickly found the distributors of the bogus twenty - dollar bills.

" de 绿眼睛 yǎnjing 伪君子 wěi jūn zǐ , shì de 办法 bànfǎ , shì shì ?

" That's your system, isn't it, my green - eyed hypocrite?

北极熊 běi jí xióng 身上 shēn shang de 白色 bái sè de 浓密 nóng mì ruǎn Máo shì zhǒng 天然 tiān rán de 伪装 wěi zhuāng .

The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage.

间谍 jiàndié 伪装 wěi zhuāng Chéng 顾问 gùwèn 工程师 gōngchéngshī .

The spy's cover was that she was a consultant engineer.

怎样 zěn yàng 察觉 chá jué chū 那些 nà xiē 50 Yuán 面值 miàn zhí de 纸币 zhǐ bì shì 伪造 wěizào de ?

How did you spot those fifties were counterfeited?

Words with wěi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
伪装 wěi zhuāng pretense偽裝
伪造 wěizào to forge偽造
虚伪 xūwěi false虛偽
wěi false wěi
伪君子 wěi jūn zǐ hypocrite偽君子
假冒伪劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè low-quality commodities假冒偽劣
伪证 wěi zhèng perjury偽證
真伪 zhēn wěi true or bogus真偽
伪军 wěi jūn puppet army偽軍
伪善 wěi shàn hypocritical偽善
伪劣 wěi liè inferior偽劣
伪钞 wěi chāo counterfeit currency偽鈔
伪科学 wěi kē xué pseudoscience偽科學
伪书 wěi shū forged book偽書
伪造品 wěi zào pǐn forgery偽造品
伪饰 wěi shì faked decoration偽飾
伪经 wěi jīng forged scriptures偽經
伪善者 wěi shàn zhě hypocrite偽善者
伪托 wěi tuō faking a modern object as an ancient one偽托
伪造者 wěi zào zhě forger偽造者
真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)真偽莫辨

wěi Decomposition & Compounds

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wěi Decomposition

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