wèi

throne; position, post; rank, status; seat

HSK 3 #182

DEFINITIONS

位 wèi
  • position
  • location
  • place
  • seat
  • classifier for people (honorific)
  • classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  • (physics) potential

STROKES

WORDS

lán wèi (numeric, data) field
quán wèi power and position (politics)
guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs; to return to the original position; to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
cháo wèi tide level
热量单 rè liàng dān wèi thermal unit; unit of heat
熱量單 rè liàng dān wèi thermal unit; unit of heat
环球定系统 huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng global positioning system (GPS)
環球定系統 huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng global positioning system (GPS)
生产单 shēng chǎn dān wèi production unit
生產單 shēng chǎn dān wèi production unit
bǎi wèi the hundreds place (or column) in the decimal system
百万 bǎi wàn wèi the millions place (or column) in the decimal system
百萬 bǎi wàn wèi the millions place (or column) in the decimal system
xiàng wèi phase (waves)
相对置 xiāng duì wèi zhi relative position
相對置 xiāng duì wèi zhi relative position
硕士学 shuò shì xué wèi master's degree
碩士學 shuò shì xué wèi master's degree
lù wèi official rank and salary
祿 lù wèi official rank and salary
shàn wèi to abdicate (as king)
shàn wèi to abdicate (as king)
第三 dì sān wèi third place
第二 dì èr wèi second place
基因 děng wèi jī yīn allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)