威妥玛
Wēi Tuǒ mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

威妥玛
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Wēi Tuǒ mǎ
  1. Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
妥协
tuǒ xié
  1. 1 to compromise
  2. 2 to reach terms
  3. 3 a compromise
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable
威胁
wēi xié
  1. 1 to threaten
  2. 2 to menace
挪威
Nuó wēi
  1. 1 Norway
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
不妥
bù tuǒ
  1. 1 not proper
  2. 2 inappropriate
夏威夷果
Xià wēi yí guǒ
  1. 1 macadamia nut
妥善
tuǒ shàn
  1. 1 appropriate
  2. 2 proper
妥当
tuǒ dang
  1. 1 appropriate
  2. 2 proper
  3. 3 ready
妥贴
tuǒ tiē
  1. 1 properly
  2. 2 satisfactorily
  3. 3 firmly
  4. 4 very fitting
  5. 5 appropriate
  6. 6 proper
  7. 7 to be in good order
  8. 8 also written 妥帖
威
wēi
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 might
  3. 3 prestige
威信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhāo tōng], Yunnan
威仪
wēi yí
  1. 1 majestic presence
  2. 2 awe-inspiring manner
威化
wēi huà
  1. 1 wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
威严
wēi yán
  1. 1 dignified
  2. 2 imposing
  3. 3 august
  4. 4 awe-inspiring
  5. 5 awe
  6. 6 prestige
  7. 7 dignity
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)

Idioms (6)

作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
耀武扬威
yào wǔ yáng wēi
  1. 1 to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
  2. 2 to bluff
  3. 3 to bluster

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