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维

wéi

HSK 5 Character Traditional 維

What 维 means

1. to preserve
2. to maintain
3. to hold together
4. dimension
5. vitamin (abbr. for {维生素|wéi shēng sù})

Other readings

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

• Wéiabbr. for Uyghur {维吾尔|Wéi wú ěr}; surname Wei

Example sentences

• 学维吾尔语。
  Learn Uyghur!
• 我叫路德维希。
  Wǒ jiào Lùdéwéixī.
  My name is Ludwig.
• 你是维族人吗？
  Are you an Uighur?
• 您是维族人吗？
  Are you an Uighur?
• 保持理性的思维。
  Bǎochí lǐxìng de sīwéi.
  Maintain rational thought.
• 您是维吾尔人吗？
  Nín shì Wéiwú'ěrrén ma?
  Are you an Uighur?

Words starting with 维

• 维护wéi hùto defend; to safeguard; to protect
• 维持wéi chíto keep; to maintain; to preserve
• 维修wéi xiūmaintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain
• 维生素wéi shēng sùvitamin
• 维权wéi quánto defend (legal) rights
• 维也纳Wéi yě nàVienna, capital of Austria
• 维多利亚Wéi duō lì yà(name) Victoria; (place name) Victoria…
• 维基wéi jīwiki (Internet)
• 维系wéi xìto maintain; to keep up; to hold together
• 维吾尔Wéi wú ěrUyghur ethnic group
• 维吾尔族Wéi wú ěr zúUyghur ethnic group
• 维纳斯Wéi nà sīVenus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)
• 维他命wéi tā mìng(loanword) vitamin
• 维和wéi hépeacekeeping
• 维度wéi dùdimension (math.); dimensionality
• 维新wéi xīn(political) reform; revitalization; modernization
• 维拉Wéi lāVala (Middle-earth)
• 维数wéi shù(math) dimension; dimensionality
• 维特Wéi tèWerther, opera by Jules Massenet; Werther, German masculine given name
• 维管wéi guǎnvascular
• 维达Wéi dáVidar (Norse deity)
• 维持费wéi chí fèimaintenance costs
• 维维安Wéi wéi ān(name) Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne
• 维根wéi gēn(attributive) vegan

Words containing 维

• 思维sī wéi(line of) thought; thinking
• 纤维xiān wéifiber
• 恭维gōng weito compliment; to praise
• 戴维Dài wéiDavy; Davey; Davie
• 王维Wáng WéiWang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet
• 三维sān wéithree-dimensional; 3D
• 苏维埃Sū wéi āiSoviet (council)
• 多维duō wéimultidimensional; abbr. for 多种维生素
• 拉斯维加斯Lā sī Wéi jiā sīLas Vegas, Nevada
• 王国维Wáng Guó wéiWang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar
• 戴维斯Dài wéi sīDavis or Davies (name)
• 拉脱维亚Lā tuō wéi yàLatvia
• 布尔什维克Bù ěr shí wéi kèBolshevik
• 塞尔维亚Sài ěr wéi yàSerbia; Taiwan pr. Sè ěr wéi yà
• 明治维新Míng zhì Wéi xīnMeiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
• 举步维艰jǔ bù wéi jiānto make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
• 特拉维夫Tè lā wéi fūTel Aviv; Tel Aviv-Jaffa
• 二维èr wéitwo-dimensional
• 四维sì wéithe four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 礼义廉耻…
• 万维网Wàn wéi wǎngWorld Wide Web
• 纤维素xiān wéi sùcellulose
• 高维gāo wéi(math) higher dimensional
• 世维会Shì Wéi huìWorld Uighur Congress (abbr. for 世界维吾尔代表大会
• 克维拉Kè wéi lāKevlar

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.

• 谁shéiwho; also pr. shuí
• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 惟wéi-ism; only
• 帷wéicurtain; screen

Characters that look like 维

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 雅yǎelegant
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 焯chāoto blanch; to parboil

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
• 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