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wéi

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wéi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wéi | wei2
English translation
curtain, screen, tent

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About wéi

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

wéi

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

curtain

Etymology of wéi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

巾隹

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and zhuī represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wéi

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宴会厅 yàn huì tīng de 墙上 guà zhāo xiù wéi .

The walls of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries.

Words with wéi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain帷幕 wéi mù
wéi curtain wéi
运筹帷幄 yùn chóu wéi wò fig. planning strategies運籌帷幄
帷幔 wéi màn drapery帷幔 wéi màn
窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain窗帷 chuāng wéi

wéi Decomposition & Compounds

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