wèi
Radical 9 · 7 strokes

classifier for people (honorific)

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MEANING7 meanings

MEANING

  1. measure word

    classifier for people (honorific)

    用来计数人的量词,表示尊敬yòng lái jìshù rén de liàngcí、biǎoshì zūnjìng

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    • This friend was not present.

    • Mary is a doctor.

    • Mary is a doctor.

    • He helped an elderly woman up from her seat.

  2. noun

    place

    所在的地方;用来计数人的量词suǒzài de dìfang;yònglái jìshù rén de liàngcí

    • Is this seat taken?

  3. noun

    seat

    坐的地方;人或东西所在的位置zuò de dìfang;rén huò dōngxi suǒzài de wèizhì

    • Excuse me, is there an empty seat available?

  4. noun

    location

    所在的地方或方向;排列次序中的地点suǒ zài de dìfang huò fāngxiàng; pāiliè cìxù zhōng de dìdiǎn

    • The location of this place is excellent.

  5. noun

    position

    某个地方或者在某个事物中的处所mǒugeè dìfang huòzhěyǔ zài mǒugeè shìwù zhōng de chǔsuǒ

    • Please have a seat, this spot is yours.

  6. measure word

    classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

    计算机中表示信息的二进制单位jìsuànjī zhōng biǎoshì xìnxī de èrjìnzhì dānwèi

  7. noun

    (physics) potential

    • This position is very important.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A person's position is determined by where they stand.

(left-right)
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