Wei
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Wei¹
- /weɪ/
Sounds like way, weigh, wey, whey (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).
proper noun Ngwei
- A county of Handan, Hebei, China.
- An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty TO ASSAULT a strong and cohesive enemy head-on is to invite disaster. The stratagem of besieging the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao advocates indirect confrontation.
- Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
- A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty. After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.
Wei²
- /weɪ/
Sounds like way, weigh, wey, whey (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Mandarin Chinese 衞 /卫 (Wèi).
proper noun Wey
- An ancient Chinese duchy during the Zhou dynasty
Wei³
- /weɪ/
Sounds like way, weigh, wey, whey (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ
proper noun
- A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.
