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畏

wèi

HSK 6 Character

What 畏 means

1. to fear

Example sentences

• 我无所畏惧。
  I'm fearless.
• 汤姆无所畏惧。
  Tom's fearless.
• 她并不畏惧他。
  She wasn't intimidated by him.
• 初生之犊不畏虎。
  Chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ.
  The sacrificed newborn doesn't fear the tiger.
• 我们不畏惧任何困难。
  Wǒmen bù wèijù rènhé kùnnan.
  We're not afraid of any difficulties.
• 天使畏惧处, 愚人敢闯入。
  Tiānshǐ wèijù chǔ, yúrén gǎn chuǎngrù.
  Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Words starting with 畏

• 畏惧wèi jùto fear; to dread; foreboding
• 畏缩wèi suōto cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
• 畏罪wèi zuìto dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime
• 畏友wèi yǒurevered friend
• 畏忌wèi jìto be arrested by fear; restraint; scruple
• 畏途wèi túdangerous road; (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking
• 畏难wèi nánto be daunted by challenges
• 畏畏缩缩wèi wèi suō suōcowering; cringing
• 畏缩不前wèi suō bù qiánto shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
• 畏罪潜逃wèi zuì qián táoto flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice
• 畏罪自杀wèi zuì zì shāto commit suicide to escape punishment
• 畏首畏尾wèi shǒu wèi wěiafraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous…
• 畏怯wèi qiètimorous; nervous

Words containing 畏

• 敬畏jìng wèito revere
• 不畏bù wèiunafraid; to defy
• 大无畏dà wú wèiutterly fearless
• 望而生畏wàng ér shēng wèi(idiom) to feel intimidated
• 可畏kě wèidreadful; formidable
• 生畏shēng wèito feel intimidated
• 敌敌畏dí dí wèi(loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)
• 不畏强暴bù wèi qiáng bàonot to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
• 不畏强权bù wèi qiáng quánnot to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
• 人言可畏rén yán kě wèigossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
• 后生可畏hòu shēng kě wèithe young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)…
• 无所畏忌wú suǒ wèi jìwithout any fear of consequences; totally devoid of scruples
• 视为畏途shì wéi wèi túto view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth
• 初生之犊不畏虎chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔsee 初生牛犊不怕虎

Characters that look like 畏

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

• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 昂ángto lift; to raise; to raise one's head
• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 丧sàngto lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)…
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 莘shēnlong; numerous

Sounds the same

Read wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 位position; location; place
• 喂hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 未not yet; did not; have not
• 卫to guard; to protect; to defend
• 味taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 谓to speak; to say; to name
• 慰to comfort; to console; to reassure
• 胃stomach
• 魏tower over a palace gateway (old)
• 蔚Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 尉military officer
• 渭the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原