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位
wèi
1. position
2. location
3. place
4. seat
5. classifier for people (honorific)
6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. [[十六位]] 16-bit or 2 bytes)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

位
wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

上位
shàngwèi
top seat
位元
wèiyuán
bit (computing)
位列
wèiliè
to rank
位图
wèitú
raster graphics
位子
wèizi
place
位居
wèijū
to be located at
位形
wèixíng
configuration
位于
wèiyú
to be located at
HSK 5
位次
wèicì
place (in numbered sequence)
位移
wèiyí
displacement (vector)
位置
wèizhi
position
HSK 5
个位
gèwèi
the units place (or column) in the decimal system
倒位
dàowèi
inversion
借位
jièwèi
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
价位
jiàwèi
price level
冗位
rǒngwèi
redundant position
列位
lièwèi
ladies and gentlemen
到位
dàowèi
to get to the intended location
区位
qūwèi
location
十位
shíwèi
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system

Example Sentences (1)

快给我看看。骑得最快的那位是谁?
Kuài gěi wǒ kàn kàn. Qí de zuì kuài de nà wèi shì shéi?
Quick, let me see. Who is the fastest rider?
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
181
Word Frequency Rank
445 of 84,292

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