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委

wěi

HSK 5 Character

What 委 means

1. to entrust
2. to cast aside
3. to shift (blame etc)
4. to accumulate
5. roundabout
6. winding
7. dejected
8. listless
9. committee member
10. council
11. end
12. actually
13. certainly

Other readings

委 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wēiused in {委蛇|wēi yí}
• Wěisurname Wei

Example sentences

• 我是个委托人。
  I'm a client.
• 他是委员会主席。
  He's the chairman of the committee.
• 她当选为委员会主席。
  She was elected chairman of the committee.
• 你是委员会中的成员吗？
  Nǐ shì wěiyuánhuì zhōng de chéngyuán ma?
  Are you on the committee?
• 他是教区委员会的成员。
  Tā shì jiàoqū wěiyuánhuì de chéngyuán.
  He is a member of the parochial board.
• 委员会一个月召开两次。
  Wěiyuánhuì yī gè yuè zhàokāi liǎng cì.
  The committee meets twice a month.

Words starting with 委

• 委屈wěi quwronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong…
• 委托wěi tuōto entrust; to trust; to commission
• 委员wěi yuáncommittee member
• 委员会wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission
• 委婉wěi wǎntactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave
• 委员长wěi yuán zhǎnghead of a committee
• 委托人wěi tuō rén(law) client; trustor
• 委任wěi rènto appoint
• 委派wěi pàito appoint
• 委实wěi shíindeed; really (very much so)
• 委内瑞拉Wěi nèi ruì lāVenezuela
• 委曲wěi qūto feel wronged; to feel aggrieved; (in set phrases such as 委曲求全…
• 委托书wěi tuō shūcommission; proxy; power of attorney
• 委以wěi yǐ(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
• 委以重任wěi yǐ zhòng rèn(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
• 委外wěi wàito outsource
• 委任书wěi rèn shūletter of appointment
• 委身wěi shēnto give oneself wholly to; to put oneself at sb's service…
• 委任统治wěi rèn tǒng zhìmandate (territory administration)
• 委培wěi péito commission another organization (a school or training center etc) to train one's…
• 委曲求全wěi qū qiú quánto accept a compromise
• 委委屈屈wěi wěi qū qūto feel aggrieved
• 委婉词wěi wǎn cíeuphemism
• 委婉语wěi wǎn yǔeuphemism

Words containing 委

• 党委dǎng wěiParty committee
• 市委shì wěimunicipal committee
• 评委píng wěievaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 评选委员会委员
• 省委shěng wěiprovincial Party committee
• 县委xiàn wěiCCP county committee
• 居委会jū wěi huìneighbourhood committee
• 组委会zǔ wěi huìorganizing committee (abbr. for 组织委员会
• 常委cháng wěistanding committee (abbr. for 常务委员会; member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常务委员
• 政委zhèng wěipolitical commissar (within the army)
• 村委会cūn wěi huìvillage committee
• 部委bù wěiministries and commissions
• 中央军委zhōng yāng jūn wěiCentral Military Committee (CMC)
• 军委jūn wěiMilitary Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee
• 国资委Guó zī wěiState-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC)…
• 纪委jì wěidiscipline inspection commission
• 政法委zhèng fǎ wěiPolitical and Legal Affairs Commission…
• 原委yuán wěithe whole story
• 立委lì wěi(Taiwan) legislator (abbr. for 立法委员
• 常委会cháng wěi huìstanding committee
• 国际奥委会Guó jì Ào wěi huìInternational Olympic Committee (IOC)
• 中纪委Zhōng jì wěiCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which…
• 评委会píng wěi huìjudging panel; panel of judges; review committee (abbr. for 评审委员会
• 地委dì wěiprefectural Party committee
• 筹委会chóu wěi huìorganizing committee

Characters that look like 委

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

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伟big; large; great
• 尾tail; remainder; remnant
• 伪false; fake; forged
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 萎to wither; to drop; to decline
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful
• 痿atrophy