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

cuò wèi to misplace; displacement (e.g. of broken bones); out of alignment; faulty contact; erroneous judgment; inversion (medical, e.g. breach delivery)
tān wèi vendor's booth
ràng wèi to abdicate; to yield
jià wèi price level
shuǐ wèi water level
yuán wèi original position; (in) the same place; normal position; the place where one currently is; in situ
fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position; to regain the throne; to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc); reset
退 tuì wèi to abdicate
gāo wèi high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
pù wèi bunk; berth
居 wèi jū to be located at
jì wèi to succeed to the throne
一体 sān wèi yī tǐ Holy Trinity; trinity
xué wèi acupuncture point
jué wèi order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
shù wèi digital
yí wèi to shift; shift; translocation; displacement; (medicine) dislocation
děng wèi (physics) equipotential
shàng wèi seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic
移 wèi yí displacement (vector)
huáng wèi the title of Emperor
双学 shuāng xué wèi dual degree (academic)
列 wèi liè to rank
zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth; allocated floor space for display stall; allotted exhibit area
cuàn wèi to seize the throne