唯 (wai4 wai2 | wei2 wei3) : only; alone; yea

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唯

wai4 wai2

wei2 wei3

(jyutping) wai4, (pinyin) wei2
only; alone; unique

(jyutping) wai2, (pinyin) wei3
yea - sound of replying in the affirmative

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

唯

This word has been viewed 7967 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Dec 2010 13:49

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唯一 wai4 jat1 wei2 yi1 = only; unique

唯物主義 wai4 mat6 zyu2 ji6 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4 = materialism

唯物論 wai4 mat6 leon6 wei2 wu4 lun4 = materialism

唯物 wai4 mat6 wei2 wu4 = materialistic

唯心論 wai4 sam1 leon6 wei2 xin1 lun4 = idealism

唯心主義 wai4 sam1 zyu2 ji6 wei2 xin1 zhu3 yi4 = idealism

唯心 wai4 sam1 wei2 xin1 = idealistic

唯有 wai4 jau5 wei2 you3 = (conj) only; alone

唯獨 wai4 duk6 wei2 du2 = only, alone

辯證唯物主義 bin6 zing3 wai4 mat6 zyu2 ji6 bian4 zheng4 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4 = dialectical materialism (the philosophical basis of Marxism)
See all 12 compounds (CantoDict reports 14 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 唯

唯你又稟神噉做乜啫？粵
Why are you muttering to yourself?

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Decimal representation of this word: 唯
Unicode code for this character: U+552f (off-site link)

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