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wēi

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wēi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wēi | wei1
English translation
a kind of fern; Osmunda regalis

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About wēi

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

wēi

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of wēi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹微

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Wēi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Wēi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wēi

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shì zhū 杂交 zájiāo de 四季 sì jì 开花 kāi huā de 蔷薇 qiáng wēi .

That is a hybrid perpetual rose.

金银花 jīn yín huā 野蔷薇道旁 de shù xūn xiāng le .

The pale woodbines and the dog - roses were scenting the hedgerows.

郝薇 xiāng 小姐 xiǎojie 依旧 yījiù 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè de wàng zhāo .

Miss Havisham continued to look steadily at me.

郝薇 xiāng 小姐 xiǎojie yāo dào jiā , xiǎng yāo 看看 kàn kan 是不是 shì bù shì Zhōng de .

Miss Havisham had sent for me, to see if she took a fancy to me.

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!

Words with wēi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wēi Taiwan pr. [wéi] wēi
赵薇 Zhào Wēi Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star趙薇
蔷薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)薔薇
紫薇 zǐ wēi crape myrtle紫薇 zǐ wēi

wēi Decomposition & Compounds

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