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蔚

wèi

HSK 6 Character

What 蔚 means

1. Artemisia japonica
2. luxuriant
3. resplendent
4. impressive

Other readings

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

• Yùsurname Yu; place name

Example sentences

• 二手服饰在时下年轻人之间蔚为风潮。
  èrshǒu fúshì zài shíxià niánqīngrén zhījiān wèiwéi fēngcháo.
  Wearing second-hand clothes is now popular among young people.

Words starting with 蔚

• 蔚蓝wèi lánazure; sky-blue
• 蔚成wèi chéngto afford (a magnificent view etc); to become (a prevailing fashion etc)
• 蔚县Yù XiànYu County or Yuxian, a county in Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 蔚起wèi qǐ(literary) to mushroom; to flourish
• 蔚为大观wèi wéi dà guānto afford a magnificent sight (idiom); enchanting
• 蔚然成风wèi rán chéng fēngto have become common practice (idiom); to become a general trend
• 蔚为壮观wèi wéi zhuàng guānsee 蔚为大观
• 蔚为wèi wéisee 蔚成

Words containing 蔚

• 彬蔚bīn wèierudite and refined
• 炳蔚bǐng wèisplendid (of writing style)

Characters that look like 蔚

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

• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 毅yìfirm and resolute; staunch
• 廓kuò(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 斟zhēnto pour; to deliberate
• 蓟jìcirsium; thistle

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
• 畏to fear
• 魏tower over a palace gateway (old)
• 尉military officer
• 渭the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原