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魏 wèi

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèi | wei4
English translation
the kingdom of Wei; surname

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About 魏 wèi

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

魏 wèi

Contains the radical

鬼 guǐ

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

ghost

Etymology of 魏 wèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰委鬼

Semantic compound

鬼 guǐ

Phonetic compound

委 Wěi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 guǐ represents the meaning and 委 Wěi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 魏 wèi

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不一会 bù yī huì , 老魏的 de 尸体 shītǐ 只 zhǐ 剩 shèng 白骨 bái gǔ 一 yī 堆 duī 了 le .

In moments, nothing was left of Old Wei but bare bones.

“ 魏 wèi 二 èr 铁 Tiě , 刘厚明, 过 Guò 来 lái !

" Wei Er Tie, Liu Hou Ming , come here . "

格雷特·魏茨到达 dàodá 终点 zhōngdiǎn 时 shí 成绩 chéngjì 是 shì 2小时 xiǎoshí 29分 fēn 30秒 miǎo 。

Grete Waitz finished with a time of 2 hrs. 29 min.. 30 sec.

Words with 魏 wèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
魏 wèi surname Wei魏 wèi
北魏 Běi Wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 Tuò bá branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 Xiān bēi 北魏 Běi Wèi
魏晋 Wèi Jìn Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties魏晉
魏国 Wèi guó Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 Cáo Wèi (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms魏國
魏忠贤 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming魏忠賢
魏征 Wèi Zhēng Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 Suí shū 魏徵
曹魏 Cáo Wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 Cáo Pī , son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265曹魏 Cáo Wèi
东魏 Dōng Wèi Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 Běi Wèi 東魏
西魏 Xī Wèi Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 Běi Wèi 西魏 Xī Wèi
魏巍 Wèi Wēi Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 Dōng fāng about the Korean war魏巍 Wèi Wēi

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