Wei
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Pronunciation
- enPR: wā, IPA(key): /weɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: way, weigh, wey; whey (wine–whine merger)
Etymology 1
From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wei
- (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
- 1991, Gao Yuan, “Stratagem 2: Besiege the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao”, in Lure the Tiger out of the Mountains: The Thirty-six Stratagems of Ancient China, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:
- TO ASSAULT a strong and cohesive enemy head-on is to invite disaster. The stratagem of besieging the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao advocates indirect confrontation.
- (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
- (historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
- 1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, edited by William Schultz, Li Ho, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:
- After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Mandarin Chinese 衞／卫 (Wèi).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wei
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Wei
- A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.
- Synonym: Wei River
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3430, column 1
- Wei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Anagrams
Etymology
Noun
Wei m
Related terms
- Branntewei
Further reading
- Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 26
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 165
- Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 11
Etymology
From Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon *hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).
Noun
Wei f (no plural)
Derived terms
- Keeswei
Etymology
From Old High German wīhī. Cognate with German Weihe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wei f (plural Weien)
Related terms
Etymology
Noun
Wei m
Noun
Wei m
References
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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