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wéi

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wéi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wéi | wei2
English translation
to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from

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About wéi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

wéi

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of wéi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶韋

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

wéi

Explanation

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

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Words with wéi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
违法 wéi fǎ illegal違法
违反 wéifǎn to violate (a law)違反
违规 wéi guī irregular違規
违背 wéibèi to go against違背
wéi to disobey wéi
违章 wéi zhāng to break the rules違章
违约 wéi yuē to break a promise違約
违抗 wéi kàng to disobey違抗
违纪 wéi jì lack of discipline違紀
久违 jiǔ wéi a long time since we last met久違
违禁 wéi jìn prohibited違禁
事与愿违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)事與願違
违约金 wéi yuē jīn penalty (fee)違約金
违心 wéi xīn false違心
违犯 wéi fàn to violate違犯
违宪 wéi xiàn unconstitutional違憲
违法乱纪 wéi fǎ luàn jì to break the law and violate discipline (idiom)違法亂紀
违例 wéi lì to break the rules違例
违和 wéi hé unwell違和
阳奉阴违 yáng fèng yīn wéi to agree overtly, but oppose in secret陽奉陰違
违逆 wéi nì to disobey違逆
违者 wéi zhě violator違者
违章者 wéi zhāng zhě violator違章者

wéi Decomposition & Compounds

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