Position in Chinese: 位 (wèi)
wèi
position
Definitions
- 1position
- 2location
- 3place
- 4seat
- 5classifier for people (honorific)
- 6classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
- 7(physics) potential
Stroke order
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Zhuyin
This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.
ㄨㄟˋ
wèi
Example sentences
See 位 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.
三位学生。
sān wèi xué shēng。
Three students.
你们是几位？
nǐ men shì jǐ wèi？
How many of you are there?
Related words
座位
zuò wèi
seat
单位
dān wèi
unit (of measure)
地位
dì wèi
position
位置
wèi zhi
position
各位
gè wèi
everybody
位于
wèi yú
to be located at
部位
bù wèi
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)
学位
xué wèi
academic degree
职位
zhí wèi
position
定位
dìng wèi
to orientate
岗位
gǎng wèi
a post
诸位
zhū wèi
(pron) everyone
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