委 (wai2 wai1 | wei3 wei1) : entrust; indirect; throw away; listless

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委

wai2 wai1

wei3 wei1

[粵] wai2 | [國] wei3
[1] [v] entrust; appoint; delegate
[2] [adj] indirect; roundabout; winding
[3] [v] throw away; cast aside; abandon
[4] [adj] listless; dejected; tired
[5] [adv] indeed; actually; certainly
[6] [n] lower reaches of a river; end
[7] [v] shift the blame onto | [variant] 諉

[粵] wai1 | [國] wei1
[v] accede/submit to; comply with

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

委

This word has been viewed 11942 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Oct 2013 15:34

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委蛇 wai1 ji4 = carefree, in a self-possessed manner

委託代理人 wai2 tok3 doi6 lei5 jan4 = proxy, consignee

委員會 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 wei3 yuan2 hui4 = committee, commission

委員 wai2 jyun4 wei3 yuan2 = committee member / members

委託 wai2 tok3 wei3 tuo1 = to entrust; to trust; to authorise; bail

委曲 wai2 kuk1 = (road, rivers etc.) winding; tortuous; ins and outs; all the details

黨委 dong2 wai2 dang3 wei3 = political party committee

委任 wai2 jam6 wei3 ren4 = appoint

委員長 wai2 jyun4 zoeng2 wei3 yuan2 zhang3 = head of a committee

常委 soeng4 wai2 chang2 wei3 = member of standing committee
See all 107 compounds (CantoDict reports 121 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

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Decimal representation of this word: 委
Unicode code for this character: U+59d4 (off-site link)

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