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薇

wēi

Character

What 薇 means

1. Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
2. Taiwan pr. wéi

Example sentences

• 心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇。
  Xīn yǒu měng hǔ, xì xiù qiángwēi.
  In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
• 于是那欢快的小男孩们四处游荡，/ 如此喜悦地穿越山丘与山谷，/ 蔷薇的芬芳穿过荆棘丛 / 将随温柔的夏风飘散：/ 每个清晨，大自然含笑赐予，/ 那贫苦卑微的农夫也得一份，/ 云雀从草丛中振翅而上，/ 将悠扬的音符送向天际。
  Then the merry little boys they will ramble, / So gleesome, o’er mountain and dale, / Where the sweets of the rose through the bramble / Will be blown by the mild summer gale: / Then a share of Nature’s smiles each morning / To the poor humble peasant will be given. / While the lark from his covert he is soaring, / His musical notes to the heaven.

Words starting with 薇

• 薇薇安Wēi wēi ān(name) Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne

Words containing 薇

• 赵薇Zhào WēiZhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
• 蔷薇qiáng wēiJapanese rose (Rosa multiflora)
• 紫薇zǐ wēicrape myrtle
• 胡紫薇Hú Zǐ wēiHu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
• 蔷薇花蕾qiáng wēi huā lěirosebud
• 蔷薇十字团qiáng wēi shí zì tuánthe Rosicrucian order (masonic order)

Characters that look like 薇

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

• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 噩èstartling
• 撬qiàoto lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 窿lóngcavity; hole
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read wēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 危danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 微tiny; miniature; slightly
• 威power; might; prestige
• 偎to cuddle
• 煨to simmer; to roast in ashes
• 委used in 委蛇
• 巍lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 崴high, lofty; precipitous
• 葳luxuriant
• 隈bay; cove
• 逶used in 逶迤
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)