Wei
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Wei. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Wei, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Wei in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Wei you have here. The definition of the word Wei will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofWei, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wā, IPA(key): /weɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: way, weigh, wey; whey (wine–whine merger)
Etymology 1
From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wei
- (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
- 1991, Gao Yuan, “Stratagem 2: Besiege the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao”, in Lure the Tiger out of the Mountains: The Thirty-six Stratagems of Ancient China, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:
- TO ASSAULT a strong and cohesive enemy head-on is to invite disaster. The stratagem of besieging the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao advocates indirect confrontation.
- (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
- (historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
- 1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, edited by William Schultz, Li Ho, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:
- After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Mandarin Chinese 衞／卫 (Wèi).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wei
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Wei
- A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.
- Synonym: Wei River
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3430, column 1
- Wei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Anagrams
East Central German
Etymology
Noun
Wei m
Related terms
Further reading
- Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 26
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 165
- Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 11
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon *hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).
Noun
Wei f (no plural)
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German wīhī. Cognate with German Weihe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wei f (plural Weien)
Related terms
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Wein, Dutch wijn, English wine.
Noun
Wei m
Sathmar Swabian
Noun
Wei m
References
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)