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

法 jìn wèi fǎ system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
xùn wèi to abdicate; to resign a position
xùn wèi to abdicate; to resign a position
重量单 zhòng liàng dān wèi unit of weight
重量單 zhòng liàng dān wèi unit of weight
金汇兑本制 jīn huì duì běn wèi zhì gold exchange standard (economics)
金匯兌本制 jīn huì duì běn wèi zhì gold exchange standard (economics)
金本 jīn běn wèi gold standard
银本 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard)
銀本 yín běn wèi Silver Standard (monetary standard)
银本制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard)
銀本制 yín běn wèi zhì Silver Standard (monetary standard)
pù wèi bunk; berth
cuò wèi to misplace; displacement (e.g. of broken bones); out of alignment; faulty contact; erroneous judgment; inversion (medical, e.g. breach delivery)
长度单 cháng dù dān wèi unit of length
長度單 cháng dù dān wèi unit of length
长生禄 cháng shēng lù wèi tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
長生祿 cháng shēng lù wèi tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
阴离子部 yīn lí zǐ bù wèi anionic site
陰離子部 yīn lí zǐ bù wèi anionic site
yǐn wèi cryptic epitope (immunology, a protein component that becomes effective when activated by antigen)
yǐn wèi cryptic epitope (immunology, a protein component that becomes effective when activated by antigen)
雙學 shuāng xué wèi dual degree (academic)
diàn wèi electric potential; voltage
器 diàn wèi qì potentiometer