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胃

wèi

HSK 5 Character Measure word 个

What 胃 means

1. stomach

Example sentences

• 我胃痛。
  My stomach hurts.
• 我胃疼。
  My stomach hurts.
• 好胃口！
  Bon appétit!
• 那很开胃。
  Nà hěn kāiwèi.
  That really whets my appetite.
• 祝好胃口！
  Bon appétit!
• 她死于胃癌。
  Tā sǐ yú wèi'ái.
  She died of stomach cancer.

Words starting with 胃

• 胃口wèi kǒuappetite; liking
• 胃病wèi bìngstomach trouble; stomach illness
• 胃癌wèi áistomach cancer
• 胃炎wèi yángastritis
• 胃酸wèi suāngastric acid
• 胃囊wèi nángstomach (of a human); (zoology) gastric pouch
• 胃寒wèi hánstomach cold (TCM)
• 胃液wèi yègastric fluid
• 胃疼wèi téngstomachache
• 胃痛wèi tòngto have a stomachache
• 胃袋wèi dài(colloquial) stomach; belly
• 胃镜wèi jìnggastroscope (medicine)
• 胃下垂wèi xià chuígastroptosis
• 胃绕道wèi rào dàogastric bypass
• 胃肠道wèi cháng dàogastrointestinal tract
• 胃蛋白酶wèi dàn bái méipepsin
• 胃小凹wèi xiǎo āo(physiology) gastric pits
• 胃灼热wèi zhuó rèheartburn; pyrosis

Words containing 胃

• 肠胃cháng wèistomach and intestine; digestive system
• 开胃kāi wèito whet the appetite; appetizing; to amuse oneself at sb's expense
• 反胃fǎn wèiretching; vomiting
• 脾胃pí wèispleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences…
• 前胃qián wèiproventriculus; forestomach
• 败胃bài wèi(of food or medicine) to impair digestion; to suppress appetite…
• 洗胃xǐ wèi(medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage; to get one's stomach pumped
• 肌胃jī wèigizzard
• 倒胃口dǎo wèi kǒuto spoil one's appetite; fig. to get fed up with sth
• 吊胃口diào wèi kǒu(colloquial) to keep sb in suspense; to tantalize; to keep on tenterhooks
• 大胃王dà wèi wángeating champion
• 对胃口duì wèi kǒuto one's taste; to one's liking
• 小鸟胃xiǎo niǎo wèi(fig.) small appetite; sb with a small appetite
• 碍胃口ài wèi kǒuto impair the appetite
• 肠胃炎cháng wèi yángastroenteritis
• 肠胃道cháng wèi dàodigestive tract
• 开胃菜kāi wèi càistarter; appetizer
• 开胃酒kāi wèi jiǔaperitif wine
• 蜂巢胃fēng cháo wèireticulum (second stomach of ruminants); honeycomb tripe
• 不伤脾胃bù shāng pí wèilit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach; fig. something that is not critical
• 瓣胃bàn wèiomasum (third compartment of a ruminant's stomach)

Characters built on 月

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

• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 肥féifat; fertile; loose-fitting or large
• 肺fèilung
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 肋lèi(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 胚pēiembryo
• 羸léientangled; lean
• 脢méimeat on the back of an animal

Characters that look like 胃

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

• 贸màocommerce; trade
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 贾gǔmerchant; to buy
• 胄zhòuhelmet; descendants

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
• 畏to fear
• 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