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魏

wèi

Character

What 魏 means

1. tower over a palace gateway (old)

Other readings

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

• Wèisurname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the

Example sentences

• 魏公村地铁站有3个出口。
  Wèi gōng cūn dìtiězhàn yǒu 3 gè chūkǒu.
  Weigongcun subway station has three exits.

Words starting with 魏

• 魏晋Wèi JìnWei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
• 魏京生Wèi Jīng shēngWei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and…
• 魏国Wèi guóWei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄…
• 魏征Wèi ZhēngWei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of…
• 魏收Wèi ShōuWei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齐
• 魏书Wèi shūHistory of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 魏源Wèi YuánWei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
• 魏玛Wèi mǎWeimar, Germany
• 魏县Wèi XiànWei County or Weixian, a county in Handan City 邯郸市
• 魏伯阳Wèi Bó yángWei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist
• 魏文帝Wèi Wén dìCao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
• 魏格纳Wèi gé nàAlfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the…
• 魏都区Wèi dū QūWeidu, a district of Xuchang City 许昌市
• 魏晋南北朝Wèi Jìn Nán Běi CháoWei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han…
• 魏忠贤Wèi Zhōng xiánWei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
• 魏巍Wèi WēiWei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 东方
• 魏德迈Wèi dé màiWedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
• 魏都Wèi dūsee 魏都区

Words containing 魏

• 北魏Běi WèiWei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑
• 后魏Hòu WèiWei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
• 东魏Dōng WèiEastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the…
• 西魏Xī WèiWestern Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the…
• 阿魏ā wèiFerula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae
• 阿育魏实ā yù wèi shíseed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici
• 围魏救赵wéi Wèi jiù Zhàolit. to besiege 魏; fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the…
• 曹魏Cáo WèiCao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao…
• 拓跋魏Tuò bá WèiWei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)

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.

• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline
• 痿wěiatrophy
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses
• 逶wēiused in 逶迤

Characters that look like 魏

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

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 糕gāocake
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 藕ǒuroot of lotus

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
• 蔚Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 尉military officer
• 渭the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原