wèi

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位 (wèi) is a Chinese word meaning “position; location; place”.

Meanings

  1. 1position
  2. 2location
  3. 3place
  4. 4seat
  5. 5classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7(physics) potential
Part of speech
measure word

Related words

各位everybody位置position座位seat职位position; post; job位子place地位position定位to orientate单位unit (of measure)位于to be located at学位academic degree部位part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)岗位a post; a job

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