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wéi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wéi | wei2
English translation
tanned leather; surname

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About wéi

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

wéi

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Etymology of wéi

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Positional decomposition

三丨

Explanation

Simplified form of wéi . Pictograph of two feet walking around city walls. The character is based on the original meaning "to surround", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

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Example sentences using wéi

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海军 hǎi jūn 副官 fù guān 泰兹韦尔·谢泼德 中校 zhōng xiào 报告 bàogào le 滩头阵地 zhèndì 确实 quèshí de yòu 不妙 bù miào de 情况 qíngkuàng .

Commander Tazewell Shepard , the naval aide , gave a report , precise and bleak , on the beachhead.

ō , 知道 zhīdào le . qǐng 告诉 gàosu , tāng Chē 开往 kāi wǎng 韦斯特维尔?

Oh, I see. Tell me, which bus goes to Westville?

bào 斯韦尔 wéi 怀特 Huái tè 博士 bóshì xiě Guò 本著 míng 传记 zhuànjì .

Boswell wrote a famous biography of Dr. White.

wēi wēi ēn : lái ,韦恩, guāi 孩子 háizi , kuài chuī . yòng diǎn !

Vivienne: Come on Wayne, that's a good boy, blow. Harder!

" 韦德 Wéi dé 饿 è le " 哽咽 gěng yè zhāo shuì ,一面 yī miàn 那个 nà ge 受伤 shòushāng de 指头 zhǐ tou fàng jìn 嘴里 zuǐ lǐ .

" Wade hungwy, " he sobbed and put the hurt finger in his mouth.

Words with wéi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wéi surname Wei wéi
韦德 Wéi dé Wade (name)韋德
韦伯 Wéi bó Webb, Webber or Weber (name)韋伯
查韦斯 Chá wéi sī Chavez, Spanish name查韋斯
津巴布韦 Jīn bā bù wéi Zimbabwe津巴布韋
吕不韦 Lǚ Bù wéi Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国 Qín guó [Qín​guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 Qín dài [Qín​dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政 Yíng Zhèng [Yíng​Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng [Qín​Shǐ​huáng]呂不韋
梅德韦杰夫 Méi dé wéi jié fū Medvedyev (name)梅德韋傑夫
韦利 Wéi lì Waley or Whaley (name)韋利
麦克斯韦 Mài kè sī wéi Maxwell (name)麥克斯韋

wéi Decomposition & Compounds

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