位
wèi
Pinyin

Definition

位
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wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

莅
Lì
  1. 1 river in Hebei
莅
lì
  1. 1 variant: 莅 lì
  2. 2 to attend
莅
lì
  1. 1 to attend (an official function)
  2. 2 to be present
  3. 3 to administer
  4. 4 to approach (esp. as administrator)

Related Words (20)

位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat
位于
wèi yú
  1. 1 to be located at
  2. 2 to be situated at
  3. 3 to lie

Idioms (5)

人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
长生禄位
cháng shēng lù wèi
  1. 1 tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不好意思，这是我的位子。
bùhǎoyìsi ，zhè shì wǒ de wèizi 。
Excuse me, this is my seat.
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张助理，这位是王经理，他负责的是公司的物流管理。
Zhāngzhùlǐ ，zhèwèi shì Wángjīnglǐ ，tā fùzé de shì gōngsī de wùliúguǎnlǐ 。
Assistant Chang, this is Manager Wang. He is responsible for our company's logistics.
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史总，这位是新来的实习生，是从营销部来的。
Shǐzǒng ，zhèwèi shì xīnlái de shíxísheng ，shì cóng yíngxiāobù lái de 。
GM Shih, this is our new intern. He is from the marketing department.
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这位是史总，她负责的是公司的公关部。
zhèwèi shì Shǐzǒng ，tā fùzé de shì gōngsī de gōngguānbù 。
This is GM Shih. She is responsible for our PR department.
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请各位跟我一起举杯。
qǐng gèwèi gēn wǒ yīqǐ jǔbēi 。
Let us raise our glasses.
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离主位越近的位子越重要。
lí zhǔwèi Yuè jìn de wèizi Yuè zhòngyào 。
The closer the seat is to the main seat, the more important the guest is.
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主位通常是主人或是地位比较高的人坐的位子。
zhǔwèi tōngcháng shì zhǔrén huòshì dìwèi bǐjiào gāo de rén zuò de wèizi 。
The main seat is usually occupied by either the host or someone of a higher position.
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那里有个空位，去坐吧。
nàli yǒu ge kōngwèi ，qù zuò ba 。
There is an empty seat, go take it.
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有什么关系。有人来再让位就好了。
yǒu shénme guānxi 。yǒu rén lái zài ràngwèi jiù hǎo le 。
What's the matter. Just give up your seat for them if anyone comes.
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要是有人说我占了长辈的位子，那多丢脸啊。
yàoshi yǒurén shuō wǒ zhàn le zhǎngbèi de wèizi ，nà duō diūliǎn a 。
It would be very embarrassing if anyone caught me occupying the seats of the elderly.
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