圍 (wai4 | wei2) : surround; circumference

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圍

wai4

wei2

[1] [v] surround; enclose; encircle; besiege
[2] [n] circumference; perimeter; periphery

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 囗 (#31)

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

圍 / 围

Don't confuse with:
園

This word has been viewed 9176 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Jan 2011 01:38

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週圍 zau1 wai4 zhou1 wei2 = surroundings

圍毆 wai4 au1 wei2 ou1 = swarm around and beat up

周圍 zau1 wai4 zhou1 wei2 = surroundings, around

胸圍 hung1 wai4 xiong1 wei2 = bra; brassiere; brassière; bustline

圍牆 wai4 coeng4 wei2 qiang2 = fence

包圍 baau1 wai4 bao1 wei2 = to surround; to encircle

圍裙 wai4 kwan4*2 wei2 qun2 = apron

圍繞 wai4 jiu5 wei2 rao3 = revolve around; centre on

圍棋 wai4 kei4*2 wei2 qi2 = Go, a board game

圍攻 wai4 gung1 wei2 gong1 = to besiege
See all 53 compounds (CantoDict reports 54 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我想請您給我量一下我的胸圍尺寸。國
I want you to take my chest measurement.

嗰時有嗰時嘅社會氛圍粵
Back then, society had its own sets of norms.

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Decimal representation of this word: 圍
Unicode code for this character: U+570d (off-site link)

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