"位" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 / 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
Results beginning with 位
 wèi zhi position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4]
 wèi zi place / seat
 wèi jū to be located at
 wèi yú to be located at / to be situated at / to lie
 wèi yuán bit (computing)
 wèi liè to rank
 wèi yí displacement (vector)
 wèi tú raster graphics
 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale
  parallax
 wèi miàn plane (of existence)
 wèi shì geopotential
 wèi xíng configuration
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  phase angle
线  line of position / position line
 Wèi yuán bì Bitcoin
 wèi yuán zǔ (Tw) byte (computing)
 wèi zhì tú chart index / map index
 wèi jí rén chén to have reached the highest official positions
  offset aimpoint / offset / aimpoint
  position error / positioning error / positional error
 wèi shì gāo duó dynamic height / geopotential height
 wèi shì mú xíng geopotential model
 wèi xiāng kōng jiān phase
 wèi xíng kōng jiān configuration space (math.)
 wèi zhì bǎo chí station keeping
 wèi zhì jīng duó position accuracy / navigational accuracy / positioning accuracy
 wèi zhì xiào yìng position effect
  positional dilution of precision / position dilution of precision
Approximate Results for 位
C位 C wèi (neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gè wèi everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you
 zhè wèi this (person)
 dì wèi position / status / place / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhí wèi post / office / position
 dìng wèi to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche
 gǎng wèi a post / a job
 bù wèi position / place
 xué wèi academic degree / place in school
 dào wèi to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done)
 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
 zuò wèi seat / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jià wèi price level
 shù wèi digit / (Tw) digital
 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste
 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
 shǒu wèi first place
 zhū wèi (pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs
 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area
 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth
 shuǐ wèi water level
 tān wèi vendor's booth
 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat
 chē wèi parking spot / unloading point / garage place / stand for taxi
 shí wèi the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
 cuò wèi to misplace / displacement (e.g. of broken bones) / out of alignment / faulty contact / erroneous judgment / inversion (medical, e.g. breech delivery)
 qū wèi geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set)
 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset
 chuáng wèi bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc) / berth / bunk
 xué wèi acupuncture point / location of a grave
 wáng wèi title of king / kingship
 jí wèi to succeed to the throne / accession
 tǐ wèi posture
 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic
 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
 zài wèi on the throne / reigning (monarch)
 bǎi wèi the hundreds place (or column) in the decimal system
 kōng wèi empty place / room (for sb)
 huàn wèi to swap places / (logic) conversion / (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)
 yí wèi to shift / shift / translocation / displacement / (medicine) dislocation
 xiàng wèi phase (waves)
 běn wèi standard / one's own department or unit
 yuè wèi offside (sports)
 huáng wèi the title of Emperor
 jué wèi order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
 diàn wèi electric potential / voltage
 jì wèi to succeed to the throne
 bó wèi berth
退 tuì wèi to abdicate
 dūn wèi tonnage
 lán wèi (numeric, data) field (Tw)
 pái wèi memorial tablet
 ràng wèi to abdicate / to yield
 pù wèi bunk / berth
 guān wèi official post
 dìng wèi to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation
 dì wèi imperial throne
 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
 cāng wèi shipping space / cabin berth / cabin seat
 duì wèi counterpoint (in music etc) / to align / alignment
 cuàn wèi to seize the throne
 gōng wèi workstation
 liè wèi ladies and gentlemen / all of you present
 líng wèi memorial tablet
 tóng wèi par
 quán wèi power and position (politics)
 shén wèi spirit tablet / ancestral tablet
 dài wèi subrogation
 míng wèi fame and position / official rank
 lù wèi official rank and salary
 yīn wèi phoneme
 xùn wèi to abdicate / to resign a position
 cháo wèi tide level
 biǎo wèi epitope (in immunology) / antigenic determinant
 cāng wèi (logistics) storage location / place to store goods / (finance) position
 cáo wèi slot
 céng wèi horizon
 chuán wèi ship's position
 cí wèi lexeme
 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan etc) speed setting
 dào wèi inversion
 děng wèi (physics) equipotential
 duàn wèi rank / class / (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
 gè wèi the units place (or column) in the decimal system
 gé wèi case (linguistics)
 gōng wèi house (astrology)
 hàn wèi title of Khan (King in Persian, Mongol and Manchu)
 huà wèi (Tw) to divide up an area / to assign a spot / to allocate a seat / one's assigned spot
 jiǎo wèi foot position (in dance)
 jiè wèi in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
 jiē wèi order / rank / level
 jūn wèi royal title
 jū wèi to occupy a high position (in administration)
 kǎ wèi (also pr. [qia3 wei4]) to jockey for position (sports) / to box out (basketball) / to establish oneself in a competitive market (commerce) / (always pr. [ka3 wei4] for this sense) booth seating
 qiān wèi the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
 rǒng wèi redundant position
 shàn wèi to abdicate (as king)
 shùn wèi rank / place / position
 sì wèi to succeed to a title / to inherit
 tóu wèi (car racing) pole position / (obstetrics) cephalic presentation (i.e. head-first birth)
 tún wèi breech presentation (obstetrics)
 wàn wèi the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
 wò wèi berth
 yǐn wèi cryptic epitope (immunology, a protein component that becomes effective when activated by antigen)
 zhuàn wèi index (rotating gauge) / cam gradation
 zhuǎn wèi transposition / displacement / inversion / translocation / to displace / to transpose
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 quán fāng wèi all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive
 dì èr wèi second place
 dì sān wèi third place
 diàn wèi qì potentiometer
 duō fāng wèi many-sided / versatile / various aspects / all-round / multidirectional
 tóng wèi sù isotope
 shuāng xué wèi dual degree (academic)
 zhōng wèi shù median
 fāng wèi jiǎo azimuth
 zǒng dūn wèi overall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company)
 xiàng wèi chā phase difference
 jīn běn wèi gold standard
  fix number
  statehood
  statehood
 bǎi wàn wèi the millions place (or column) in the decimal system
 bā wèi yuán 8-bit (computing)
 běn wèi hào (music notation) natural sign, ♮
 běn wèi yīn (music) natural note
 běn wèi zhì monetary standard
 cháo wèi zhàn tide gauge site
 dān wèi gēn (math.) root of unity
 dān wèi yuán identity element (math.)
 děng wèi fǎ equipotential method
 děng wèi miàn equipotential surface / geopotential surface
 diàn wèi jì potentiometer
 dī shuǐ wèi minimum flow / low flow
 fǎn fāng wèi back bearing
 fāng wèi cí noun of locality (linguistics)
 fēn wèi shù quantile (statistics)
 hóng shuǐ wèi flood level
 jìn wèi fǎ system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
 niàn xué wèi to study for a degree / to take a degree course
 qián shuǐ wèi water table / groundwater level
 qiān wèi yuán kilobit
 shí huī wèi lime potential
 shí jìn wèi decimal system
 shí wàn wèi the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
 shì xué wèi bachelor's degree
 shuǐ wèi jì limnimeter / water level gauge
 tài dān wèi peptide unit (on protein chain)
 tíng chē wèi parking space / parking spot
 xū dān wèi imaginary
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