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

cāng wèi shipping space; cabin berth; cabin seat
yuè wèi offside (sports)
shǒu wèi first place
chuán wèi ship's position
jí wèi to succeed to the throne; accession
bó wèi berth
一步到 yī bù dào wèi to settle a matter in one go
dūn wèi tonnage
quán wèi power and position (politics)
gè wèi the units place (or column) in the decimal system
qū wèi location; geographical position; position on a grid or spreadsheet, where 區|区 denotes the row and 位 the column
míng wèi fame and position; official rank
zài wèi on the throne; reigning (monarch)
duàn wèi rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence); degree on employment scale
guān wèi official post
dì wèi imperial throne
角 fāng wèi jiǎo azimuth
běn wèi standard; one's own department or unit
pái wèi memorial tablet
差 xiàng wèi chā phase difference
shén wèi spirit tablet; ancestral tablet
diàn wèi electric potential; voltage
líng wèi memorial tablet
yīn wèi phoneme