围 wéi

surround, encircle, corral

HSK 4 #576

DEFINITIONS

  • surround, encircle, corral
  • surname Wei
  • to encircle
  • to surround
  • all around
  • to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

STROKES

WORDS

围剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards
围嘴 wéi zuǐ (baby) bib
围坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator)
围拢 wéi lǒng to crowd around
臀围 tún wéi hip measurement
围脖 wéi bó muffler; scarf
杀出重围 shā chū chóng wéi to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
合围 hé wéi to surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
围护 wéi hù to protect from all sides
三围 sān wéi BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2]
反围剿 fǎn wéi jiǎo communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
周围性眩晕 zhōu wéi xìng xuàn yùn peripheral vertigo
四围 sì wéi all around; on all sides; encircled
围兜 wéi dōu bib
围城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
围堰 wéi yàn a cofferdam
围场满族蒙古族自治县 wéi chǎng mǎn zú měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn Weichang Manchu and Mongol autonomous county in Chengde 承德[Cheng2 de2], Hebei
围场县 wéi chǎng xiàn Weichang Manchu and Mongol autonomous county in Chengde 承德[Cheng2 de2], Hebei
围垦 wéi kěn to reclaim land by diking
围击 wéi jī to besiege
围标 wéi biāo bid rigging
围殴 wéi ōu to gang up and beat
围产 wéi chǎn perinatal
围产期 wéi chǎn qī perinatal period
围篱 wéi lí fence; paling
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