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 wēi power / might / prestige
Results beginning with 威
 wēi wàng prestige
 wēi xié to threaten / to menace
 wēi lì might / formidable power
 Wēi hǎi Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
 Wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name)
 wēi yán dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
 wēi fēng might / awe-inspiring authority / impressive
 wēi wǔ might / formidable
 wēi měng bold and powerful
 wēi xìn prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory
 wēi shè to cower by military force / deterrence
 wēi shì might / power and influence
 wēi bī to threaten / to coerce / to intimidate
 wēi yí majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
 wēi hè to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
 wēi quán authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
 wēi pò coercion / to intimidate
 wēi bǔ vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
 wēi dé power and virtue
 wēi hài to intimidate
 wēi huà wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
 Wēi kè (neologism c. 2005) freelancer
 Wēi lì Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
 wēi lì awe-inspiring / majestic
 wēi liè fierce / formidable
 wēi líng authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
 Wēi mǎ Weimar (German city)
 wēi róng grave and dignified
 Wēi shì Visa (credit card)
 Wēi xiàn Wei county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei
 wēi xiǎn awe-inspiring / power
 Wēi yuǎn Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[Nei4 jiang1], Sichuan
 Wēi Zhái Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)
 wēi zhèn to inspire awe
 wēi zhòng august / majestic
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 Wēi ní sī Venice / Venezia
 wēi shì jì whiskey (loanword)
 Wēi ěr shì Wales, constituent nation of UK
 Wēi lì sī Willis (name)
 Wēi hǎi wèi Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
 wēi bǐ jiǎng Webby Awards
 Wēi ér gāng Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
 Wēi ěr xùn Wilson (name)
 Wēi hǎi shì Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
 Wēi jī jī Waikiki (Hawaii)
 Wēi kè Dǎo Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)
 Wēi líng dùn Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw) / Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
 wēi lì yòu intimidation then bribery
 wēi mò jiǔ vermouth (loanword)
 Wēi níng xiàn Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
 Wēi qí tuō Wichita (city in Kansas)
 Wēi Tuǒ mǎ Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
 Wēi xìn xiàn Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
 Wēi yuǎn xiàn Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[Nei4 jiang1], Sichuan
 Wēi zhōu zhèn Weizhou town, seat of Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 xian4] in northwest Sichuan
 wēi fēng lǐn lǐn majestic / awe-inspiring presence / impressive power
 wēi shì jì jiǔ whiskey (loanword)
 wēi fèng yī yǔ lit. one phoenix feather / fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
 wēi wǔ bù qū not to submit to force
 wēi zhèn tiān xià to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
  threat to peace / threat to the peace
  threat multiplier
  threat minimizer
 wēi bī lì yòu to make threats and promises
 Wēi ěr shì yǔ Welsh (language)
 Wēi ěr tè jùn Wiltshire (English county)
 wēi ěr xùn xiàn Wilson
 wēi fú zì jǐ to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
 wēi huà bǐng gān wafer / wafer cookie
 Wēi lián sī bǎo Williamsburg, Virginia
 Wēi mǎ pīn fǎ Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
 Wēi mǎ pīn yīn Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
 wēi shè lì liang deterrent force / deterrent
 Wēi sī kāng xīn Wisconsin
 Wēi sī kāng xīng Wisconsin, US state
 wēi xié chéng duó threat level
 wēi xié děng jí threat level
 wēi xié jú shì threat situation
 wēi xìn sǎo dì to lose every scrap of reputation
 wēi zūn mìng jiàn orders weightier than life
  Wilson cycle / ocean cycle
  Venice Appeal
  Venice Declaration
 wēi lián yán jiū jīn Wilhelm Fellowship
 Wēi mǎ Gòng hé guó Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
 Wēi ní sī Shāng rén The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
 Wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
 Wēi sī kāng xīng zhōu Wisconsin, US state
 Wēi Tuǒ mǎ pīn fǎ Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
 Wēi Tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
·  William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
  European Commission for Democracy through Law / Venice Commission
  Williamsburg Principles
 Wēi lián · Fú kè nà William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
· Wēi lián · Fú kè nà William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
  life-threatening device
  Threat and Risk Assessment Unit
 Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
· Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
 Wēi sī mǐn sī tè Jiào táng Westminster Abbey, London
  Threat and Risk Analysis Unit
 wēi lián huáng dì jì niàn jiào táng Kaiser
 wēi sī tè fá lì yà hé yuē Peace of Westphalia
  Venice Economic Summit
 Wēi níng Yí zú Huí zú Miáo zú zì zhì xiàn Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
·  William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  Economic Declaration of the Venice Economic Summit
 wēi ěr jīn sēn wéi bō gè xiàng yì xìng tàn cè qì Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
  High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
Approximate Results for 威
 quán wēi authority / authoritative / power and prestige
 Nuó wēi Norway
 shì wēi to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force
 zhù wēi to cheer for / to encourage / to boost the morale of
 shēng wēi prestige / renown / influence
 Huá wēi Warwick (name) / University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
 yín wēi abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse
 guó wēi national prestige
 Bǎi wēi Budweiser (beer)
 Dù Wēi Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star / Dewey (name)
 hé wēi nuclear strength / nuclear might
 Jīn wēi Kingway (Chinese beer brand)
 Róng wēi Roewe (brand)
 Wǔ wēi Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu
 Xuān wēi Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
 Yǎ wēi Yahweh
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 Xià wēi yí Hawaii, US state
 quán wēi xìng authoritative / (having) authority
 Kē wēi tè Kuwait
 Bào wēi ěr Powell (name)
 Hàn nuò wēi Hanover
 shì wēi zhě demonstrator / protester
 Hǎi míng wēi Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
 hé wēi shè nuclear deterrence
 xià mǎ wēi display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
 Aò wēi ěr Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984 一九八四年
 Běi wēi zhōu North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
 bǐ wēi lì yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)
 Láng Wēi lǐ Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 / during the 1880s
 Lè wēi yē Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune
 Lǐ Cháo wēi Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传
 Lǐ lǎng wēi Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
 Mǎ lā wēi Malawi (Tw)
 nuó wēi fēi Norwegian herring
 nuó wēi yáo Norwegian skate
 ruǎn wēi xié soft threat
 sài gé wēi Segway PT
 shā wēi mǎ shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
 Shǐ dí wēi Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
 Shǐ wēi shì Schweppes (soft drinks company)
 Wǔ wēi shì Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu
 Xīn bā wēi Zimbabwe (Tw)
 xīn wēi xié new danger
 Xuān wēi shì Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
 yìng wēi xié hard threat
 yǒu quán wēi authoritative
 Zuǒ kē wēi Joko Widodo (1961-), Indonesian politician, president of Indonesia (2014-)
 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
 qián zài wēi xié potential threat / potential menace
 Aò sī wēi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp)
 Sī wēi shì lán Swaziland
 fèn wǔ yáng wēi a show of strength
耀 yào wǔ yáng wēi to show off one's military strength (idiom) / to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
 zuò wēi zuò fú tyrannical abuse (idiom) / riding roughshod over people
  graduated deterrence
  authoritative
  stopping power
  triple threat
  mine threat / mine and UXO threat
  mutual deterrence
  Hawiye
  active deterrence
  threat of war
 ā wēi luó shěng Aveiro
 Bǎi wēi pí jiǔ Budweiser beer
 bào wēi ěr xiàn Powell
 Bù xī wēi kè Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, in New York City
 ēn wēi jiān shī to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
 fēn wēi qiú chǎng Fenway
 Gé lín wēi zhì Greenwich
 huán jìng wēi xié environmental threat
 Huá wēi Dà xué University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
 Jiǎ jiā wēi dé Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels)
 jī wēi nuò xiàn Keweenaw
 jūn shì wēi xié military threat
 kē wēi tè guó the State of Kuwait
 luó wēi nà quǎn Rottweiler (dog breed)
 Lù yì Wēi dēng Louis Vuitton (brand)
 nuó wēi wáng guó the Kingdom of Norway
 Sā hā lā wēi Sahrawi
 shì wēi yóu xíng (protest) demonstration
 shì wēi yùn dòng rally
西 Sū lā wēi xī Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)
 Wǔ wēi dì qū Wuwei prefecture in Gansu
 Xià wēi yí Dǎo Hawaii island
 xià wēi yí guǒ macadamia nut
 Xià wēi yí zhōu Hawaii, US state
 zhà dàn wēi xié bomb threat
  shock and awe
  benign security environment
  threatened species
  intrawar deterrence
  authoritative server
 Aì sēn háo wēi ěr Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961
 Fú lái wēi è sī Flavius (Roman historian of 1st century AD)
 Gé lín wēi zhì cūn Greenwich
 hā lā dé wēi zhì Harad
 hé shēng huà wēi xié NBC threat
 hé wēi shè lì liang nuclear deterrent
 hé wēi shè zhèng cè policy of nuclear intimidation
 hé wēi xié chàng yì Nuclear Threat Initiative
 jù zhǐ xìng wēi shè deterrence by denial
 Mǎ kè sī wēi ěr James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
 nuó wēi hǎi áo xiā Norway lobster / Dublin bay prawn
 nuó wēi tǒng jì jú Statistics Norway
 shòu wēi xié qún tǐ stock-at-risk
 xià wēi yí wū yā Hawaiian
 Xīn Nán Wēi ěr shì New South Wales, southeast Australian state
  Norwegian Emergency Preparedness System
  deterrence of the strong by the weak
 ào kǎ mǔ de wēi lián William
 chéng shì miàn lín wēi xié Cities at Risk
 jìng zuò kàng yì shì wēi sit-in protest demonstration
 kē wēi tè dì nà ěr Kuwaiti
 nuó wēi shuǐ yán jiū suǒ Norwegian Institute for Water Research
 Qiáo zhì · Aò wēi ěr George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984
· Qiáo zhì · Aò wēi ěr George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984
 shè jì jī zhǔn wēi xié design basis threat
 sī wēi shì lán wáng guó the Kingdom of Swaziland
 Xīn Nán Wēi ěr shì zhōu New South Wales (Australian state)
  Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates / Kuwait Action Plan
  Norwegian People's Aid
  Norwegian Refugee Council
  Norwegian Hydrographic Service
  Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
  Arab Deterrent Force
  Norwegian Agency for International Development
 Aò sī wēi xīn jí zhōng yíng Auschwitz concentration camp
 nuó wēi sēn lín yán jiū suǒ Norwegian Forest Research Institute
  Cooperative Threat Reduction programme
  threat to information security
  Norwegian Debt Relief Strategy
  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
  Global Threat Reduction Initiative
  Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative
使 bù wēi xié shǐ yòng hé wǔ qì non-threat of use of nuclear weapons
 Gé lín wēi zhì Biāo zhǔn shí jiān Greenwich Mean Time / GMT
  Threat and Risk Capacity Section
  Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction
  mine threat / mine and UXO threat
  United Nations Special Mission to Kuwait
  Society for Threatened Peoples
 Xià wēi yí Huǒ shān Guó jiā Gōng yuán Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
·  Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany
  Swaziland Capacity Initiative
 Běi lái yīn · Wēi sī tè fǎ lún zhōu Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany
· Běi lái yīn · Wēi sī tè fǎ lún zhōu Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany
使使 bù shǐ yòng huò wēi xié shǐ yòng wǔ lì non-use of force or threat of use of force / non-use of force or threat of force
 Nán Qiáo zhì yà dǎo hé Nán Sāng wēi qí South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
 nuó wēi fēi zhōu zhì lǐ xìn tuō jī jīn Norwegian Trust Fund for Governance in Africa
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