"Wei" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wèi variant of 為|为[wei4]
 wéi variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
 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
 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
 wēi same as 逶 / in 逶迤 / winding, curved
 wěi to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly
 wéi to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
 wéi to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
 wēi power / might / prestige
 wēi tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 wèi to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
 wēi danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 wèi taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
 wèi to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense
 wéi only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
 wěi yes
 wěi big / large / great
 wéi to disobey / to violate / to separate / to go against
 wěi tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish
 wěi variant of 偽|伪[wei3]
 wèi to comfort / to console / to reassure
 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old)
 wéi soft leather
 wéi -ism / only
 wèi stomach / CL:個|个[ge4]
 wèi to feed
 wéi hello (when answering the phone)
 wèi to fear
 wèi military officer
 wěi latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft
 wēi spiritless / withered
 wěi to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1]
 wèi Artemisia japonica / luxuriant / resplendent / impressive
 wēi Osmunda regalis, a species of fern / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 wēi lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 wěi reed / rush / Phragmites communis
 wéi curtain / screen
 wéi mast
 Wèi the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
 wēi to cuddle
 wěi active / comply with
 wěi humble / rustic / plentiful
 wéi dike
诿 wěi to shirk / to give excuses
 wèi hedgehog (family Erinaceidae)
 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace
 wěi atrophy
 wēi high, lofty / precipitous
 wéi name of a river
 wēi to simmer / to roast in ashes
 wěi glowing / bright / brilliant
 wěi eminent / lofty
 wěi (reddish jade) / precious / rare
 wēi winding, curving / swagger
 wěi correct / right
 wéi rocky
 wěi aft
 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent
 wěi little tuna / Euthynnus alletteratus
 wéi still water
 wēi luxuriant
 wéi a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon
 wēi bay / cove
 wèi rising of clouds
 wéi spade
 wěi name of a river
 wéi place in Henan province
 wěi easeful carriage of one's head
 wèi hedgehog
 Wěi surname Wei
 wèi mill
 wéi see 磑磑|硙硙[wei2 wei2]
 wèi variant of 讆[wei4]
 wěi be bent / crooked (of bones)
 wèi be bent / crooked (of bones)
 wěi rocky / stony
 wèi mill
 wéi mill
 wèi variant of 躗[wei4]
 wēi light rain
 wēi three-cornered stove
 wéi enclosure
 wéi to flow back (of water)
 wěi resolute
 wèi radiance of fire
 wèi bird net
 wèi weedy
 wèi collar
 wèi to exaggerate / to fabricate / falsehood
 wēi the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns
 wēi cove / bay / a bend or nook in the hills / the curve of a bow
 wéi high and uneven
 wēi drizzle / fine rain
 wěi mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil
 Wěi surname Wei
 wěi the bright shining of the sun
 wěi a bruise or contusion
 wěi flower, blossoms
 wěi gorgeous
 wèi a wide room
 wèi to exaggerate / incredible
 wèi variant of 餵|喂[wei4]
 wěi variant of 偽|伪, false / fake / forged / bogus
 wéi Japanese variant of 圍|围[wei2]
 wéi variant of 為|为[wei4], because of / for / to
 wéi ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犪牛[kui2 niu2]
 wèi variant of 衛|卫[wei4] / to guard / to defend
 wéi to appear displeased / beautiful
 wěi ugly / to indulge oneself
 wēi (dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)
 wēi old variant of 煨[wei1]
 wěi (arch.) type of grass
 wēi see 蛜蝛[yi1 wei1]
 wēi old variant of 溦[wei1]
𬀩 wěi the bright shining of the sun
𬱟 wěi easeful carriage of one's head
𬶏 wéi a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon
𣲗 wéi to flow back (of water)
 wèi (interjection) hey
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