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谓

wèi

HSK 5 Character Traditional 謂

What 谓 means

1. to speak
2. to say
3. to name
4. to designate
5. meaning
6. sense

Other readings

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

• Wèisurname Wei

Example sentences

• 我无所谓。
  I don't care.
• 你做什么都无所谓。
  Nǐ zuò shénme dōu wúsuǒwèi.
  It doesn't matter what you do.
• 您选哪个我无所谓。
  Nín xuǎn nǎge wǒ wúsuǒwèi.
  I don't care whichever you choose.
• 我遇见谁都无所谓。
  Wǒ yùjiàn shéi dōu wúsuǒwèi.
  It makes no difference who I meet.
• 她就是所谓的书虫。
  Tā jiù shì suǒwèi de shū chóng.
  She is what we call a bookworm.
• 你做什幺都无所谓。
  It doesn't matter what you do.

Words starting with 谓

• 谓语wèi yǔ(grammatical) predicate
• 谓词wèi cípredicate (in logic and grammar)

Words containing 谓

• 所谓suǒ wèiwhat is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
• 无所谓wú suǒ wèito be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
• 可谓kě wèiit could even be said
• 称谓chēng wèititle; appellation; form of address
• 无谓wú wèipointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
• 何谓hé wèi(literary) what is?; what is the meaning of?
• 不谓bù wèicannot be deemed; unexpectedly
• 主谓zhǔ wèi(linguistics) subject and predicate
• 意谓yì wèito mean; meaning
• 主谓句zhǔ wèi jùsubject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause
• 主谓宾zhǔ wèi bīnsubject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern…
• 主宾谓zhǔ bīn wèisubject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern…
• 不知所谓bù zhī suǒ wèinonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible
• 主谓结构zhǔ wèi jié gòusubject-predicate construction
• 勿谓言之不预wù wèi yán zhī bù yù(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned…
• 一之谓甚yī zhī wèi shènsee 一之为甚

Characters built on 胃

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

• 渭Wèithe Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog

Characters that look like 谓

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)
• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 课kèsubject; course; class
• 谎huǎnglies; to lie
• 谍diéto spy
• 谔èhonest speech

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
• 慰to comfort; to console; to reassure
• 胃stomach
• 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