wèi

say, tell; call, name; be called

DEFINITIONS

  • say, tell
  • call, name
  • be called
  • surname Wei
  • to speak
  • to say
  • to name
  • to designate
  • meaning
  • sense

WORDS

一之甚 yī zhī wèi shèn see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yi1 zhi1 wei2 shen4]
bù wèi cannot be deemed; unexpectedly
句 zhǔ wèi jù subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause
結構 zhǔ wèi jié gòu subject-predicate construction
賓 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
主賓 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
hé wèi (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of?
言之不預 wù wèi yán zhī bù yù (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
kě wèi it could even be said
yì wèi to mean; meaning
suǒ wèi so-called; what is called
無所 wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
wú wèi pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
chēng wèi title; appellation; form of address
詞 wèi cí predicate (in logic and grammar)
語 wèi yǔ (grammatical) predicate
zhǔ wèi subject-predicate; referring to the relationship between the subject and the predicate in a sentence
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