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谓
謂
wèi
1. to speak
2. to say
3. to name
4. to designate
5. meaning
6. sense
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

谓
wèi
to call, to say, to tell; name, title; meaning
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (15)

不谓
bùwèi
cannot be deemed
何谓
héwèi
(lit.) what is?
可谓
kěwèi
it could even be said
意谓
yìwèi
to mean
所谓
suǒwèi
so-called
无谓
wúwèi
pointless
称谓
chēngwèi
title
谓词
wèicí
predicate (in logic and grammar)
谓语
wèiyǔ
(grammatical) predicate
主谓句
zhǔwèijù
subject-predicate sentence
主谓宾
zhǔwèibīn
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
主宾谓
zhǔbīnwèi
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
无所谓
wúsuǒwèi
to be indifferent
HSK 5
一之谓甚
yīzhīwèishèn
see [[一之為甚|一之为甚<yīzhīwéishèn>]]
主谓结构
zhǔwèijiégòu
subject-predicate construction

Alternate Entries

谓
Wèi
surname Wei

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
944
Word Frequency Rank
1,608 of 84,292

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