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惟

wéi

Character

What 惟 means

1. -ism
2. only

Words starting with 惟

• 惟妙惟肖wéi miào wéi xiàoto imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
• 惟一wéi yīvariant of 唯一
• 惟有wéi yǒuvariant of 唯有
• 惟独wéi dúvariant of 唯独
• 惟恐wéi kǒngvariant of 唯恐
• 惟利是图wéi lì shì túvariant of 唯利是图
• 惟命是听wéi mìng shì tīngsee 唯命是从

Words containing 惟

• 不惟bù wéinot only
• 伏惟fú wéito lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
• 思惟sī wéivariant of 思维
• 恭惟gōng weivariant of 恭维

Characters built on 隹

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

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 帷wéicurtain; screen

Characters that look like 惟

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

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 雅yǎelegant
• 堆duīto pile up; to heap up; a mass
• 椎zhuī(bound form) vertebra
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 为as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 围to encircle; to surround; all around
• 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
• 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