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威

wēi

HSK 5 Character

What 威 means

1. power
2. might
3. prestige

Example sentences

• 他威胁我。
  He is threatening me.
• 他卖威士忌。
  He sells whisky.
• 我想去夏威夷。
  I'd like to go to Hawaii.
• 他威胁要公开。
  He threatened to make it public.
• 我喜欢挪威语言。
  Wǒ xǐhuan Nuówēi yǔyán.
  I love the Norwegian language!
• 你看起来很威严。
  Nǐ kànqǐlai hěn wēiyán.
  You look very dignified.

Words starting with 威

• 威胁wēi xiéto threaten; to menace
• 威望wēi wàngprestige
• 威力wēi lìmight; formidable power
• 威风wēi fēngawe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic
• 威信wēi xìnprestige; reputation; trust
• 威尼斯Wēi ní sīVenice; Venezia
• 威严wēi yándignified; imposing; august
• 威士忌wēi shì jìwhiskey (loanword)
• 威武wēi wǔmight; formidable
• 威逼wēi bīto threaten; to coerce; to intimidate
• 威尔士Wēi ěr shìWales, constituent nation of UK
• 威慑wēi shèto deter
• 威猛wēi měngbold and powerful
• 威风凛凛wēi fēng lǐn lǐnmajestic; awe-inspiring presence; impressive power
• 威权wēi quánauthority; power; authoritarianism
• 威仪wēi yímajestic presence; awe-inspiring manner
• 威吓wēi hèto threaten; to intimidate; to cow
• 威名wēi míngfame for fighting prowess; military glory
• 威震wēi zhènto inspire awe
• 威亚wēi yǎ(loanword) stunt wires
• 威化wēi huàwafer (biscuit) (loanword)
• 威士Wēi shìVisa (credit card)
• 威客wēi kè(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
• 威容wēi rónggrave and dignified

Words containing 威

• 权威quán wēiauthority; authoritative; power and prestige
• 示威shì wēito demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force
• 挪威Nuó wēiNorway
• 夏威夷Xià wēi yíHawaii, US state
• 海明威Hǎi míng wēiErnest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
• 科威特Kē wēi tèKuwait
• 权威性quán wēi xìngauthority; authoritativeness
• 艾森豪威尔Ài sēn háo wēi ěrDwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied…
• 杜威Dù WēiDu Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star; Dewey (name)
• 助威zhù wēito cheer for; to encourage; to boost the morale of
• 示威者shì wēi zhědemonstrator; protester
• 耀武扬威yào wǔ yáng wēito show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
• 淫威yín wēiabuse of authority; tyrannical abuse
• 汉诺威Hàn nuò wēiHanover
• 史迪威Shǐ dí wēiJoseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World…
• 国威guó wēinational prestige
• 官威guān wēithe haughty demeanor of a government official; high-and-mighty attitude towards the public
• 发威fā wēito unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage…
• 立威lì wēito establish one's authority
• 金威Jīn wēiKingway (Chinese beer brand)
• 下马威xià mǎ wēidisplay of severity immediately on taking office; (fig.) initial show of strength
• 有权威yǒu quán wēiauthoritative
• 武威市Wǔ wēi ShìWuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省
• 比威力bǐ wēi lìyield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)

Characters that look like 威

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

• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 扁biǎnflat; (colloquial) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾
• 咸xiánall; everyone; each
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants

Sounds the same

Read wēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 危danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 微tiny; miniature; slightly
• 薇Osmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 偎to cuddle
• 煨to simmer; to roast in ashes
• 委used in 委蛇
• 巍lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 崴high, lofty; precipitous
• 葳luxuriant
• 隈bay; cove
• 逶used in 逶迤
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)