位
wèiTraditional: 位
Translation
polite measure word for people, place, position, seat
Word origin
An ideograph combining 人 (rén, person, as the standing-figure radical) with 立 (lì, to stand), originally depicting a person standing in their proper place at court.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 人 (rén, person) + 立 (lì, to stand)
Stroke order
位
Examples
？
May I ask who you are?
访。
Three guests came to visit today.
。
This teacher is very popular with the pupils.
座。
Everyone please sit in your own seat.
。
He holds a high position in the company.
位 (wèi) is the polite measure word for people, used in place of 个 to show respect, as in 这位老师. It also means a position, place, or seat in compounds such as 位置 and 座位.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 位.
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