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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)

栏位
lánwèi
(numeric, data) field
王位
wángwèi
title of king
摊位
tānwèi
vendor's booth
权位
quánwèi
power and position (politics)
潮位
cháowèi
tide level
牌位
páiwèi
memorial tablet
居位
jūwèi
to occupy a high position (in administration)
挡位
dǎngwèi
gear level (i.e. first gear, high gear etc)
数位
shùwèi
digital
本位
běnwèi
standard
泊位
bówèi
berth
帝位
dìwèi
the title of Emperor
座位
zuòwèi
seat
HSK 4
爵位
juéwèi
order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke [[公<gōng>]], Marquis [[侯<hóu>]], Count [[伯<bó>]], Viscount [[子<zǐ>]], Baron [[男<nán>]]
单位
dānwèi
unit (of measure)
HSK 5
地位
dìwèi
position
HSK 5
在位
zàiwèi
on the throne
吨位
dūnwèi
tonnage
位形
wèixíng
configuration
对位
duìwèi
counterpoint (in music)

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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