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wěi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wěi | wei3
English translation
false, counterfeit, bogus

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About wěi

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

wěi

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of wěi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻為

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

wèi

Explanation

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

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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

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