位
wèiㄨㄟˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: VỊ
Traditional: 位
HSK 3HSK 3.0 · 2TOCFL 1
Meaning(measure word, vocab.word.pos.g)
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
A polite alternative to 个 for people.
Examples
这位是我们的新老师。
zhè wèi shì wǒ men de xīn lǎo shī.
This is our new teacher.
请问你们几位？
qǐng wèn nǐ men jǐ wèi?
How many in your party?
有两位客人在等你。
yǒu liǎng wèi kè rén zài děng nǐ.
Two guests are waiting for you.
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Stroke order
VỊ · 7 strokes
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
Related words
- 座位 zuò wèi — seat
- 位置 wèi zhi — position; place; seat
- 单位 dān wèi — unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
- 地位 dì wèi — position; status; place
- 位于 wèi yú — to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
- 职位 zhí wèi — position; post; job
- 岗位 gǎng wèi — a post; a job
- 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)