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


餵 wèi	餵 \| 餵* \| *餵	to feed	喂 HSK 2


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


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


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


為 wéi	為 \| 為* \| *為	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)	为 HSK 3


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


爲 wéi	爲 \| 爲* \| *爲	variant of 為｜为	为 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


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


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


魏文帝 Wèi Wéndì	魏文帝 \| 魏文帝* \| *魏文帝	Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226


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


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


隈 wēi	隈 \| 隈* \| *隈	bay / cove


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)


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


謂 Wèi	謂 \| 謂* \| *謂	surname Wei	谓


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


圍 Wéi	圍 \| 圍* \| *圍	surname Wei	围


濰 wéi	濰 \| 濰* \| *濰	name of a river	潍


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


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


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


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


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


魏徵 Wèi Zhēng	魏徵 \| 魏徵* \| *魏徵	Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書｜隋书	魏征


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


唯 wěi	唯 \| 唯* \| *唯	yes


汪精衛 Wāng Jīngwèi	汪精衛 \| 汪精衛* \| *汪精衛	Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator	汪精卫


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


頠 wěi	頠 \| 頠* \| *頠	easeful carriage of one's head	𬱟


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


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


微 Wēi	微 \| 微* \| *微	surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]


微 wēi	微 \| 微* \| *微	tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]


韋 Wéi	韋 \| 韋* \| *韋	surname Wei	韦


韋 wéi	韋 \| 韋* \| *韋	soft leather	韦


畏 wèi	畏 \| 畏* \| *畏	to fear


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


危 Wēi	危 \| 危* \| *危	surname Wei


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


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


長樂 Chánglè	長樂 \| 長樂* \| *長樂	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	长乐


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


葳 wēi	葳 \| 葳* \| *葳	luxuriant


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


惟 wéi	惟 \| 惟* \| *惟	-ism / only


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


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


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


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


均田制 jūntiánzhì	均田制 \| 均田制* \| *均田制	equal-field system of Wei of the Northern dynasties 北魏 and Tang 唐 dynasties


囗 wéi	囗 \| 囗* \| *囗	enclosure


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


峞 wéi	峞 \| 峞* \| *峞	high and uneven


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


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


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


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


紫微斗數 zǐwēidǒushù	紫微斗數 \| 紫微斗數* \| *紫微斗數	Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling	紫微斗数


暗渡陳倉 àndù Chéncāng	暗渡陳倉 \| 暗渡陳倉* \| *暗渡陳倉	lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion	暗渡陈仓


揻 wēi	揻 \| 揻* \| *揻	(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)


壝 wěi	壝 \| 壝* \| *壝	mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil


寪 Wěi	寪 \| 寪* \| *寪	surname Wei


龐德 Páng Dé	龐德 \| 龐德* \| *龐德	Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator	庞德


尉 Wèi	尉 \| 尉* \| *尉	surname Wei


尉 wèi	尉 \| 尉* \| *尉	military officer


徻 wèi	徻 \| 徻* \| *徻	a wide room


三國演義 Sānguó Yǎnyì	三國演義 \| 三國演義* \| *三國演義	Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains	三国演义


暐 wěi	暐 \| 暐* \| *暐	the bright shining of the sun	𬀩


帷 wéi	帷 \| 帷* \| *帷	curtain / screen


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


廣雅 Guǎngyǎ	廣雅 \| 廣雅* \| *廣雅	earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅｜尔雅, 18150 entries	广雅


後魏 Hòu Wèi	後魏 \| 後魏* \| *後魏	Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534	后魏


曹魏 Cáo Wèi	曹魏 \| 曹魏* \| *曹魏	Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265


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


西門豹 Xīmén Bào	西門豹 \| 西門豹* \| *西門豹	Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國｜魏国	西门豹


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


漢賊不兩立 Hànzéibùliǎnglì	漢賊不兩立 \| 漢賊不兩立* \| *漢賊不兩立	lit. Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"	汉贼不两立


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


洛河 Luòhé	洛河 \| 洛河* \| *洛河	name of several rivers / North Luo river, tributary of Wei river 渭河 in Shaanxi


每逢佳節倍思親 měiféngjiājiébèisīqīn	每逢…思親 \| 每逢…思親* \| *每逢…思親	doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維｜王维)	每逢佳节倍思亲


桅 wéi	桅 \| 桅* \| *桅	mast


鍏 wéi	鍏 \| 鍏* \| *鍏	spade


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


鍾繇 Zhōng Yáo	鍾繇 \| 鍾繇* \| *鍾繇	Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書｜楷书	钟繇


晉州 Jìnzhōu	晉州 \| 晉州* \| *晉州	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	晋州


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


東魏 Dōng Wèi	東魏 \| 東魏* \| *東魏	Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏	东魏


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


痿 wěi	痿 \| 痿* \| *痿	atrophy


魏書 Wèishū	魏書 \| 魏書* \| *魏書	History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊｜北齐, 114 scrolls	魏书


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

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