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各位

gè wèi

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

各位 (gè wèi) means "everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 各位 means

1. everybody
2. all (guests, colleagues etc)
3. all of you

The characters in 各位

• 各gèeach; every
• 位wèiposition; location; place

Example sentences

• 各位，请安静。
  Everyone, please be quiet.
• 祝各位高中统考顺利！
  Zhù gèwèi gāozhōng tǒngkǎo shùnlì!
  I am wishing every high school student good luck on their exams!
• 各位想喝果汁还是水？
  Would you all like to drink fruit juice or water?
• 各位会讲加泰罗尼亚语吗？
  Do you speak Catalan?
• “全世界的各位，你们好！”
  "Hello, people of the world!"
• 祝各位来年好运，学习事业成功。
  Zhù gèwèi láinián hǎoyùn, xuéxí shìyè chénggōng.
  I wish everyone luck in the coming year, as well as success in their work and studies.

Sounds the same

Read gè wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 个位the units place (or column) in the decimal system

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gè wèi correctly.
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