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wéi

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wéi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wéi | wei2
English translation
to preserve, to maintain, to hold together

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About wéi

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

wéi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of wéi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹隹

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

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

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Words with wéi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Wéi to preserve wéi
维护 wéihù to defend維護
维持 wéichí to keep維持
思维 sīwéi thinking思維
维修 wéixiū maintenance (of equipment)維修
纤维 xiānwéi fiber纖維
维生素 wéishēngsù vitamin維生素
拉斯维加斯 Lā sī Wéi jiā sī Las Vegas, Nevada拉斯維加斯
维多利亚 Wéi duō lì yà Victoria (name)維多利亞
维也纳 Wéi yě nà Vienna, capital of Austria維也納
戴维斯 Dài wéi sī Davis or Davies (name)戴維斯
三维 sān wéi 3D三維
恭维 gōng wei to praise恭維
维系 wéi xì to maintain維繫
维他命 wéi tā mìng vitamin (loanword)維他命
塞尔维亚 Sāi ěr wéi yà Serbia塞爾維亞
苏维埃 Sū wéi aī Soviet (council)蘇維埃
玻利维亚 Bō lì wéi yà Bolivia玻利維亞
维纳斯 Wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)維納斯

wéi Decomposition & Compounds

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