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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
为 wèi	为 \| 为* \| *为	because of / for / to	為 HSK 2


为 wèi	为 \| 为* \| *为	variant of 為｜为	爲 HSK 2


位 wèi	位 \| 位* \| *位	position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential	HSK 2


喂 wèi	喂 \| 喂* \| *喂	hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)	HSK 2


喂 wèi	喂 \| 喂* \| *喂	to feed	餵 HSK 2


喂 wèi	喂 \| 喂* \| *喂	variant of 餵｜喂	餧 HSK 2


为 wéi	为 \| 为* \| *为	as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)	為 HSK 3


为 wéi	为 \| 为* \| *为	variant of 為｜为	爲 HSK 3


围 wéi	围 \| 围* \| *围	to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)	圍 HSK 3


胃 wèi	胃 \| 胃* \| *胃	stomach / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


唯 wéi	唯 \| 唯* \| *唯	only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義｜主义 or 論｜论, e.g. 唯理論｜唯理论, rationalism)	HSK 7-9


未 wèi	未 \| 未* \| *未	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°	HSK 7-9


魏 Wèi	魏 \| 魏* \| *魏	surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history


魏 wèi	魏 \| 魏* \| *魏	tower over a palace gateway (old)


卫 Wèi	卫 \| 卫* \| *卫	surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces	衛


卫 wèi	卫 \| 卫* \| *卫	to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生｜卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間｜卫生间, toilet	衛


尾 wěi	尾 \| 尾* \| *尾	tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish


威 wēi	威 \| 威* \| *威	power / might / prestige


伟 wěi	伟 \| 伟* \| *伟	big / large / great	偉


西魏 Xī Wèi	西魏 \| 西魏* \| *西魏	Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏


味 wèi	味 \| 味* \| *味	taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription


唯 wěi	唯 \| 唯* \| *唯	yes


伪 wěi	伪 \| 伪* \| *伪	false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wei4]	偽


蔚 wèi	蔚 \| 蔚* \| *蔚	Artemisia japonica / luxuriant / resplendent / impressive


畏 wèi	畏 \| 畏* \| *畏	to fear


委 Wěi	委 \| 委* \| *委	surname Wei


委 wēi	委 \| 委* \| *委	used in 委蛇


委 wěi	委 \| 委* \| *委	to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly


哙 wèi	哙 \| 哙* \| *哙	(interjection) hey	噲


渭 Wèi	渭 \| 渭* \| *渭	the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原


玮 wěi	玮 \| 玮* \| *玮	(reddish jade) / precious / rare	瑋


维 Wéi	维 \| 维* \| *维	abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾｜维吾尔 / surname Wei	維


维 wéi	维 \| 维* \| *维	to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素｜维生素)	維


炜 wěi	炜 \| 炜* \| *炜	glowing / bright / brilliant	煒


巍 wēi	巍 \| 巍* \| *巍	lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2]


鳚 wèi	鳚 \| 鳚* \| *鳚	blenny	䲁


韦 Wéi	韦 \| 韦* \| *韦	surname Wei	韋


韦 wéi	韦 \| 韦* \| *韦	soft leather	韋


沣 fēng	沣 \| 沣* \| *沣	rainy / place name in Shaanxi / Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西｜陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水	灃


喂 wéi	喂 \| 喂* \| *喂	hello (when answering the phone)


娓 wěi	娓 \| 娓* \| *娓	active / comply with


玄学 xuánxué	玄学 \| 玄学* \| *玄学	Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學｜形而上学)	玄學


苇 wěi	苇 \| 苇* \| *苇	reed / rush / Phragmites communis	葦


隗 Wěi	隗 \| 隗* \| *隗	surname Wei


隗 wěi	隗 \| 隗* \| *隗	eminent / lofty


伪 wěi	伪 \| 伪* \| *伪	variant of 偽｜伪	僞


武定 Wǔdìng	武定 \| 武定* \| *武定	Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏｜东魏 / Wuding County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州｜楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan


薇 wēi	薇 \| 薇* \| *薇	Osmunda regalis, a species of fern / Taiwan pr. [wei2]


北魏 Běi Wèi	北魏 \| 北魏* \| *北魏	Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑


危 Wēi	危 \| 危* \| *危	surname Wei


危 wēi	危 \| 危* \| *危	danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2]


惟 wéi	惟 \| 惟* \| *惟	-ism / only


帷 wéi	帷 \| 帷* \| *帷	curtain / screen


大梁 Dàliáng	大梁 \| 大梁* \| *大梁	capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states / CL: 根


萎 wěi	萎 \| 萎* \| *萎	to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1]


魏县 Wèixiàn	魏县 \| 魏县* \| *魏县	Wei county in Handan 邯鄲｜邯郸, Hebei	魏縣


长乐 Chánglè	长乐 \| 长乐* \| *长乐	Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門｜土门	長樂


渭河 Wèi Hé	渭河 \| 渭河* \| *渭河	Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原


纬 wěi	纬 \| 纬* \| *纬	latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft	緯


桅 wéi	桅 \| 桅* \| *桅	mast


溦 wēi	溦 \| 溦* \| *溦	drizzle / fine rain


鍏 wéi	鍏 \| 鍏* \| *鍏	spade


煨 wēi	煨 \| 煨* \| *煨	to simmer / to roast in ashes


猥 wěi	猥 \| 猥* \| *猥	humble / rustic / plentiful


慰 wèi	慰 \| 慰* \| *慰	to comfort / to console / to reassure


违 wéi	违 \| 违* \| *违	to disobey / to violate / to separate / to go against	違


囗 wéi	囗 \| 囗* \| *囗	enclosure


洧 wěi	洧 \| 洧* \| *洧	name of a river


威县 Wēixiàn	威县 \| 威县* \| *威县	Wei county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei	威縣


晋州 Jìnzhōu	晋州 \| 晋州* \| *晋州	Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市｜临汾市 in Shanxi	晉州


讆 wèi	讆 \| 讆* \| *讆	to exaggerate / incredible


涠 wéi	涠 \| 涠* \| *涠	still water	潿


谓 Wèi	谓 \| 谓* \| *谓	surname Wei	謂


谓 wèi	谓 \| 谓* \| *谓	to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense	謂


媁 wéi	媁 \| 媁* \| *媁	to appear displeased / beautiful


媁 wěi	媁 \| 媁* \| *媁	ugly / to indulge oneself


渭水 Wèi Shuǐ	渭水 \| 渭水* \| *渭水	Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原｜关中平原


崴 wēi	崴 \| 崴* \| *崴	high, lofty / precipitous


尉 Wèi	尉 \| 尉* \| *尉	surname Wei


尉 wèi	尉 \| 尉* \| *尉	military officer


魏晋 Wèi Jìn	魏晋 \| 魏晋* \| *魏晋	Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties	魏晉


潍 wéi	潍 \| 潍* \| *潍	name of a river	濰


闱 wéi	闱 \| 闱* \| *闱	door to women's room / gate to palace	闈


拓跋 Tuòbá	拓跋 \| 拓跋* \| *拓跋	branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑｜鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓拔


葳 wēi	葳 \| 葳* \| *葳	luxuriant


文汇报 Wénhuì Bào	文汇报 \| 文汇报* \| *文汇报	Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong newspaper) / Wenhui News (Shanghai newspaper)	文彙報


嵬 wéi	嵬 \| 嵬* \| *嵬	rocky


帏 wéi	帏 \| 帏* \| *帏	curtain / women's apartment / tent	幃


偎 wēi	偎 \| 偎* \| *偎	to cuddle


圩 wéi	圩 \| 圩* \| *圩	dike


泾渭分明 Jīng Wèifēnmíng	泾渭分明 \| 泾渭分明* \| *泾渭分明	as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different	涇渭分明


隈 wēi	隈 \| 隈* \| *隈	bay / cove


猬 wèi	猬 \| 猬* \| *猬	(bound form) hedgehog	蝟


卫国 Wèiguó	卫国 \| 卫国* \| *卫国	state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou	衛國


韡 wěi	韡 \| 韡* \| *韡	gorgeous


徻 wèi	徻 \| 徻* \| *徻	a wide room


艉 wěi	艉 \| 艉* \| *艉	aft


邙 Máng	邙 \| 邙* \| *邙	Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs


痿 wěi	痿 \| 痿* \| *痿	atrophy


邙山 Mángshān	邙山 \| 邙山* \| *邙山	Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

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