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尉 wèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèi | wei4
English translation
officer, military rank

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About 尉 wèi

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

尉 wèi

Contains the radical

寸 cùn

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Etymology of 尉 wèi

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Positional decomposition

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Example sentences using 尉 wèi

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上校 shàng xiào 比 Bǐ 上尉 shàng wèi 的 de 级 jí 别 Bié 高 Gāo 三 Sān 级 jí .

A colonel is three steps above a captain.

中 Zhōng 将 jiāng 比 Bǐ 上尉 shàng wèi 的 de 职位 zhíwèi 高 Gāo .

A lieutenant general is above a captain.

等等 děng děng ---- 喂 wéi ,请 qǐng 等等 děng děng , 皮 Pí 卡 kǎ 德 Dé 中尉 zhōng wèi !

Wait -- please, wait, Lieutenant Picard!

普雷克尔中尉 zhōng wèi 把 bǎ 她 tā 举得高高地 de 说 shuì : “ 她 tā 不 bù 是 shì 相当 xiāngdāng 出色 chūsè 吗 mǎ ? ”

Lieutenant Prackle held her up and said, " Isn't she something? "

洛夫特 tè 上 shǎng 尉 wèi 既刻带 dài 上 shǎng 了 le 武器 wǔqì .

Captain Loft put his equipment on rapidly.

Words with 尉 wèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
上尉 shàng wèi captain (military rank)上尉 shàng wèi
中尉 zhōng wèi lieutenant (navy)中尉 zhōng wèi
校尉 xiào wèi military officer校尉 xiào wèi
尉 wèi surname Wei尉 wèi
少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank)少尉 shào wèi
都尉 dū wèi military rank都尉 dū wèi
尉迟 Yù chí surname Yuchi尉遲
廷尉 tíng wèi Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 jiǔ qīng [jiǔ​qīng]廷尉 tíng wèi
大尉 dà wèi senior captain大尉 dà wèi
尉迟恭 Yù chí Gōng General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty尉遲恭
卫尉 wèi wèi Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 jiǔ qīng [jiǔ​qīng]衛尉
尉氏县 Wèi shì xiàn Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封 Kāi fēng [Kāi​fēng], Henan尉氏縣
尉氏 Wèi shì Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封 Kāi fēng [Kāi​fēng], Henan尉氏 Wèi shì
尉犁县 Yù lí xiàn Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu [Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang尉犁縣
尉犁 Yù lí Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu [Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang尉犁 Yù lí

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