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围

wéi

HSK 4 Character Traditional 圍

What 围 means

1. to encircle
2. to surround
3. all around
4. to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

Example sentences

• 我想学围棋。
  Wǒ xiǎng xué wéiqí.
  I want to learn how to play "Go".
• 我看了看周围。
  I looked around me.
• 我们被包围了。
  We were surrounded.
• 穿上你的围裙。
  Put on your apron.
• 月球围着地球转。
  The moon moves around the earth.
• 我不需要粉刷围墙。
  Wǒ bù xūyào fěnshuā wéiqiáng.
  I didn't need to paint the fence.

Words starting with 围

• 围绕wéi ràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
• 围巾wéi jīnscarf; shawl
• 围墙wéi qiángperimeter wall; fence
• 围观wéi guānto stand in a circle and watch
• 围棋wéi qíthe game of Go
• 围住wéi zhùto surround; to gird
• 围攻wéi gōngto besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides
• 围裙wéi qúnapron
• 围坐wéi zuòto sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator)
• 围城wéi chéngsiege; besieged city
• 围剿wéi jiǎoto encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on…
• 围困wéi kùnto besiege
• 围栏wéi lánfencing; railings; fence
• 围起wéi qǐto surround; to encircle; to enclose
• 围堵wéi dǔto blockade; to surround; to hem in
• 围拢wéi lǒngto crowd around
• 围场wéi chǎngenclosure; pig pen; hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility…
• 围击wéi jīto besiege
• 围标wéi biāobid rigging
• 围产wéi chǎnperinatal
• 围网wéi wǎngseine net; wire mesh fence; fence screen
• 围护wéi hùto protect from all sides
• 围产期wéi chǎn qīperinatal period
• 围术期wéi shù qīperioperative period

Words containing 围

• 周围zhōu wéienvirons; surroundings; periphery
• 范围fàn wéirange; scope; limit
• 包围bāo wéito surround; to encircle; to hem in
• 氛围fēn wéiambience; atmosphere
• 外围wài wéisurrounding
• 入围rù wéito get past the qualifying round; to make it to the finals
• 突围tū wéito break a siege; to break out of an enclosure
• 解围jiě wéito lift a siege; to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment
• 腰围yāo wéiwaist measurement; girth
• 胸围xiōng wéichest measurement; bust
• 重围chóng wéito redouble a siege
• 四围sì wéiall around; on all sides; encircled
• 合围hé wéito surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
• 环围huán wéito form a ring around
• 头围tóu wéihead circumference
• 入围者rù wéi zhěfinalist; qualifier; person or item selected as one of the best
• 大范围dà fàn wéilarge-scale
• 小范围xiǎo fàn wéismall-scale; local; to a limited extent
• 周围神经zhōu wéi shén jīng(anatomy) peripheral nervous system
• 深海围网shēn hǎi wéi wǎngpurse-seine net (fishing)
• 杀出重围shā chū chóng wéito force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
• 柏林围墙Bó lín Wéi qiángBerlin Wall
• 氛围编程fēn wéi biān chéng(computing) vibe coding
• 防毒围裙fáng dú wéi qúnprotective apron

Characters built on 韦

These share the phonetic component 韦 (wéi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 苇wěireed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮wěi(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 炜wěiglowing; bright; brilliant
• 闱wéidoor to women's room; gate to palace
• 韪wěicorrect; right

Characters that look like 围

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 囤dùnbin for grain

Sounds the same

Read wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 为as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 维to preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 违to disobey; to violate; to separate
• 唯only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 惟-ism; only
• 韦soft leather
• 闱door to women's room; gate to palace
• 圩dike
• 囗enclosure
• 桅mast
• 帷curtain; screen
• 帏curtain; women's apartment; tent