谓 wèi

say, tell; call, name; be called

HSK 5 #945

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

谓 stroke order diagram
谓 stroke order animation

WORDS

无所谓 wú suǒ wèi
HSK 5
to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
所谓 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called
无谓 wú wèi pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
可谓 kě wèi it could even be said
称谓 chēng wèi title; appellation; form of address
何谓 hé wèi (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of?
谓语 wèi yǔ (grammatical) predicate
一之谓甚 yī zhī wèi shèn see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yi1 zhi1 wei2 shen4]
不谓 bù wèi cannot be deemed; unexpectedly
主谓句 zhǔ wèi jù subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause
主谓结构 zhǔ wèi jié gòu subject-predicate construction
主谓宾 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
主宾谓 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
勿谓言之不预 wù wèi yán zhī bù yù (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
意谓 yì wèi to mean; meaning
谓词 wèi cí predicate (in logic and grammar)
Previous Next