Kilo Lingo

位

wèi

Traditional: 位

#5036 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

(polite measure word for people); position, place

Stroke order

Stroke order for 位

位

Examples

。

This is my teacher.

，。

Everyone, please be quiet.

。

Please sit in your place.

优yōu秀xiù。

He is an excellent doctor.

？

How many people are there please?

位 (wèi) is the polite measure word for people, used in 一位 (one person, polite), 这位 (this person), and 各位 (everyone). As a noun morpheme it also means position, as in 位置 (location).

Related words

各位

everyone, ladies and gentlemen, all of you

位置

position, location, place

一位

one (person, polite counter)

这位

this (person, polite)

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 位.

各位gè wèieveryone, ladies and gentlemen, all of you一位yí wèione (person, polite counter)这位zhè wèithis (person, polite)位置wèi zhìposition, location, place

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This word is part of lesson 101.