wèi

  1. wèi noun commandant; military officer; lieutenant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: This term may be used in a generic way by itself or as a character in specific military titles, such as 校尉 Commandant (Guoyu '尉' n 2; Hucker 1985, p. 564; Kroll 2015 '尉' 2 ,p. 475; Unihan '尉'; XHZD '尉', p. 786)
  2. bound form yu
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the two character surname 尉迟 (Kroll 2015 '尉' yù ,p. 475; XHZD '尉' yù, p. 922)
  3. wèi noun a prison director; police commander
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '尉' n 1)
  4. wèi verb to pacify
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 安抚 (Guoyu '尉' v; Kroll 2015 '尉' 1 ,p. 474)
  5. wèi verb to comfort
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '尉' 1a ,p. 474)

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