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

C c wèi (neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
一體 sān wèi yī tǐ Holy Trinity; trinity
博士 sān wèi bó shì the Magi; the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
三十二元 sān shí èr wèi yuán 32-bit (computing)
概念 shàng wèi gài niàn superordinate concept
不在其不谋其政 bù zài qí wèi bù mòu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
不在其不謀其政 bù zài qí wèi bù mòu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
数 zhōng wèi shù median
數 zhōng wèi shù median
事件相关电 shì jiàn xiāng guān diàn wèi event-related potential
事件相關電 shì jiàn xiāng guān diàn wèi event-related potential
五等爵 wǔ děng jué wèi five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
亚单 yà dān wèi subunit
亞單 yà dān wèi subunit
亚音节单 yà yīn jié dān wèi subsyllabic unit
亞音節單 yà yīn jié dān wèi subsyllabic unit
相宜 rén wèi xiāng yí to be the right person for the job (idiom)
元 wèi yuán bit (computing)
元组 wèi yuán zǔ byte (computing)
元組 wèi yuán zǔ byte (computing)
图 wèi tú raster graphics
圖 wèi tú raster graphics
形 wèi xíng configuration
形空间 wèi xíng kōng jiān configuration space (math.)
形空間 wèi xíng kōng jiān configuration space (math.)