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wei

/weɪ/

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What does wei mean?

proper noun

  1. A county of Handan, Hebei, China.
  2. A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
  2. (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
  3. (historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
  4. (historical) An ancient Chinese duchy during the Zhou dynasty

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IPA pronunciation

/weɪ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Why do you not go to the great physician Wei mangue ke nani man lové Because I have no money I can’t nastis jav.
George BorrowThe Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainProject Gutenberg ebook #565
He quotes a pregnant sentence from Wei Liao Tzŭ, ch.
active 6th century B.C. SunziThe Art of WarTranslated by Lionel GilesProject Gutenberg ebook #132