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诿

wěi

Character Traditional 諉

What 诿 means

1. to shirk
2. to give excuses

Words starting with 诿

• 诿过wěi guòto put the blame on sb else

Words containing 诿

• 推诿tuī wěito shirk responsibility; to blame others; to pass the buck
• 互相推诿hù xiāng tuī wěimutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other…

Characters built on 委

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

• 魏wèitower over a palace gateway (old)
• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline
• 痿wěiatrophy
• 逶wēiused in 逶迤

Characters that look like 诿

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

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 倭wōdwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 伟big; large; great
• 尾tail; remainder; remnant
• 伪false; fake; forged
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 萎to wither; to drop; to decline
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful