威
wēi
Pinyin

Definition

威
 - 
wēi
  1. power
  2. might
  3. prestige

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

崴
wǎi
  1. 1 to sprain (one's ankle)
  2. 2 see also: 崴子 wǎi zi
崴
wēi
  1. 1 high, lofty
  2. 2 precipitous
葳
wēi
  1. 1 luxuriant

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
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

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

Sample Sentences

威尼斯位于潟湖之中，狂风经常将水灌进这座城市，导致洪水。
Wēinísī wèiyú xìhú zhīzhōng ，kuángfēng jīngcháng jiāng shuǐ guànjìn zhè zuò chéngshì ，dǎozhì hóngshuǐ 。
Venice is located in a lagoon which often leads to flooding when heavy winds blow (pour) water into the city.
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威尼斯街头不少游客和居民穿长筒靴涉水出行。
Wēinísī jiētóu bùshǎo yóukè hé jūmín chuān chángtǒngxuē shèshuǐ chūxíng 。
Many tourists and residents in the city wore long boots and waded through the water.
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意大利水城威尼斯受狂风暴雨影响，水位二十九日涨至近十年来最高位，城市四分之三沦为泽国。
Yìdàlì Shuǐchéng Wēinísī shòu kuángfēngbàoyǔ yǐngxiǎng ，shuǐwèi èrshíjiǔrì zhǎng zhì jìn shí nián lái zuì gāo wèi ，chéngshì sìfēnzhīsan lúnwéi zéguó 。
On the 29th, heavy winds and downpours caused the water level around Venice to rise to its highest level in almost a decade. More than three quarters of the city was inundated.
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意大利威尼斯遭暴雨城市七成以上被淹
Yìdàlì Wēinísī zāo bàoyǔ chéngshì qīchéng yǐshàng bèi yān
After heavy rains, more than 70% of Venice, Italy was flooded.
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威尼斯商户通常在店门口用金属条或木条挡水，但这次动用水泵排水。
Wēinísī shānghù tōngcháng zài diàn ménkǒu yòng jīnshǔ tiáo huò mù tiáo dǎng shuǐ ，dàn zhè cì dòngyòng shuǐbèng páishuǐ 。
Normally Venetian merchants would use metal or wooden planks to stop water from entering their store entrance but this time they use water pumps to drain water.
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按照他的说法，威尼斯平均一年有四次水位超过一百零九厘米。
ànzhào tā de shuōfǎ ，Wēinísī píngjūn yī nián yǒu sì cì shuǐwèi chāoguò yìbǎilíngjiǔ límǐ 。
According to him, the water level in Venice exceeds 109cm an average of 4 times a year.
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威尼斯所属威尼托区区长卢卡·扎亚说，洪灾本周可能达到威尼斯和佛罗伦萨一九六六年所遭遇洪灾的水平。
Wēinísī suǒshǔ wēinítuō qū qūzhǎng Lúkǎ ·zhāyà shuō ，hóngzāi běnzhōu kěnéng dádào Wēinísī hé fóluólúnsà yījiǔliùliù suǒ zāoyù hóngzāi de shuǐpíng 。
According to the mayor, the floods this week may reach the level of flooding experienced by Venice and Florence in 1966.
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这么威！那喝起来跟我们一般买的啤酒又有什么不一样的风味呢？我是说除了明显的味道以外。
zhème wēi ！nà hē qǐlai gēn wǒmen yībān mǎi de píjiǔ yòu yǒu shénme bù yīyàng de fēngwèi ne ？wǒ shì shuō chúle míngxiǎn de wèidao yǐwài 。
Amazing! So what are the differences from the ordinary beer we buy in terms of taste? Except for obvious things like flavourings.
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哦，你说燕燕那个男同事啊，用威士忌酒帮燕燕治感冒那个？好像还是很二逼地在追她，这算是另辟蹊径吗？
ò ，nǐ shuō yànyàn nàge nán tóngshì ā ，yòng wēishìjì jiǔ bāng yànyàn zhì gǎnmào nàge ？hǎoxiàng háishì hěn èrbī de zài zhuī tā ，zhè suàn shì lìngpìxījìng ma ？
Oh, are you talking about Yanyan's colleague? the one that helped her cure her cold with whiskey? He still seems to be chasing her like an idiot, does that count as the road less travelled?
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感冒了，记得多喝威士忌喔！（遥远呐喊）
gǎnmào le ，jìde duō hē wēishìjì ō ！（yáoyuǎn nàhǎn ）
If you've got a cold, remember to drink more whiskey! (Shouting in the distance)
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