位
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
wèi wei4
- position
- location
- place
- seat
- classifier for people (honorific)
- classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
- (physics) potential
Example sentences
HSK words with 位 · 24 of 25
- 单位 dānwèi unit (of measure)
- 座位 zuòwèi seat
- 各位 gèwèi everybody
- 位置 wèizhi position
- 地位 dìwèi position
- 位于 wèiyú to be located at
- 职位 zhíwèi position; post; job
- 部位 bùwèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)
- 学位 xuéwèi academic degree
- 定位 dìngwèi to orientate
- 岗位 gǎngwèi a post; a job
- 诸位 zhūwèi (pron) everyone
- 到位 dàowèi to get to the intended location
- 品位 pǐnwèi rank
- 位子 wèizi place
- 方位 fāngwèi direction
- 席位 xíwèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc)
- 全方位 quánfāngwèi all around
- 车位 chēwèi parking spot
- 停车位 tíngchēwèi parking space
- 价位 jiàwèi price level
- 床位 chuángwèi bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc)
- 错位 cuòwèi to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced
- 穴位 xuéwèi acupuncture point
Measure word for · 16 of 44
- 人 rén person; people
- 朋友 péngyou friend
- 妈妈 māma mama
- 先生 xiānsheng teacher
- 老师 lǎoshī teacher
- 医生 yīshēng doctor
- 爸爸 bàba (coll.) father; dad
- 小姐 xiǎojie young lady
- 哥哥 gēge older brother
- 同学 tóngxué to study at the same school
- 弟弟 dìdi younger brother
- 奶奶 nǎinai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
- 经理 jīnglǐ manager
- 同事 tóngshì colleague; co-worker
- 顾客 gùkè customer; client
- 客人 kèrén visitor