位 (wai6 wai6*2 | wei4) : position, rank; seat

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位

wai6 wai6*2

wei4

[1] position; rank; status [2] location; seat [3] numerical adjunct [4] [n] seat of authority [5] [n] person [6] [v] take its place

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

位

This word has been viewed 16700 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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呢位 ni1 wai6*2 = this one; this person 粵

嗰位 go2 wai6*2 = that one; that person 粵

幾位 gei2 wai6*2 = 'how many people?' 粵

地位 dei6 wai6 di4 wei4 = position, status

邊位 bin1 wai6 = (polite) which one; who 粵

座位 zo6 wai6*2 zuo4 wei4 = seat

位置 wai6 zi3 wei4 zhi5 = position, location, seat, place; job, post

單位 daan1 wai6*2 dan1 wei4 = a unit; work unit; single

位於 wai6 jyu1 wei4 yu2 = be at; be in; be situated (in, at)

各位請起立! gok3 wai6*2 cing2 hei2 laap6 ge4 wei4 qing3 qi3 li4 = Everybody please stand up!
See all 148 compounds (CantoDict reports 162 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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呢位係我父親。粵
This is my father.

先生，請問幾位？粵
Sir, how many people?

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

每位藝術家對作品的細節一點都不敢苟且
All the artists pay very careful details towards their art pieces.

我要借此機會, 向各位致謝
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 位
Unicode code for this character: U+4f4d (off-site link)

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