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位

wèi
HSK 2

“Position” in Chinese is 位 (wèi).

Other characters with the syllable wei: see all 24 →

Meaning

  • position
  • location
  • place
Show 4 more meanings
  • seat
  • classifier for people (honorific)
  • classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  • (physics) potential

Example

你为什么会出现在我工作单位？

Why would you appear in my unit?

From 单位 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 位

单位dānwèiunit (of measure)HSK 2座位zuòwèiseatHSK 2各位gèwèieverybodyHSK 3地位dìwèipositionHSK 4位于wèiyúto be located atHSK 4位置wèizhìpositionHSK 4部位bùwèipart (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)HSK 5学位xuéwèiacademic degreeHSK 5

More HSK 2 characters

啊ainterjection of surpriseHSK 2安āncalm; peacefulHSK 2般bānsortHSK 2板bǎnboardHSK 2办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)HSK 2饱bǎoto eat till fullHSK 2报bàoto report; to inform; to announceHSK 2背bèito carry on one's backHSK 2笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc)HSK 2必bìcertainlyHSK 2

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