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位于

wèi yú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 位於

位于 (wèi yú) means "to be located at". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 位于 means

1. to be located at
2. to be situated at
3. to lie

The characters in 位于

• 位wèiposition; location; place
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 教堂位于山脚。
  Jiàotáng wèiyú shānjiǎo.
  The church is at the foot of a mountain.
• 印度位于亚洲。
  India is in Asia.
• 古巴位于中美洲。
  Gǔbā wèiyú Zhōng Měizhōu.
  Cuba is located in the Americas.
• 日本位于北半球。
  Rìběn wèiyú Běibànqiú.
  Japan is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
• 这房子位于山坡上。
  Zhè fángzi wèiyú shānpō shàng.
  The house stands on the hill.
• 图书馆位于市中央。
  The library is in the middle of the city.

Where 位于 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wèi–wén (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wèi yú correctly.
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