Usage of the character 尉
Wèi
尉
[尉]
- surname Wei
wèi
尉
[尉]
- military officer
yù
尉
[尉]
- used in 尉遲／尉迟 ( Yuchì) and 尉犁 ( Yulì)
xiàowèi
校尉
[校尉]
- military officer
tíngwèi
廷尉
[廷尉]
- Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 (jiǔqīng)
Yùchí
尉迟
[尉遲]
- surname Yuchi
Wèi Liáo
尉缭
[尉繚]
- Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng), possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子／尉缭子 ( Wèi Liáozi) text on military strategy
shàngwèi
上尉
[上尉]
- captain (military rank)
Yùlí
尉犁
[尉犁]
- Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
shàowèi
少尉
[少尉]
- second lieutenant (army rank)
Wèishì
尉氏
[尉氏]
- Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封／开封 ( Kāifēng), Henan
wèiwèi
卫尉
[衛尉]
- Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 (jiǔqīng)
dūwèi
都尉
[都尉]
- military rank
dàwèi
大尉
[大尉]
- captain (army rank)
- senior captain
zhōngwèi
中尉
[中尉]
- lieutenant (navy)
- first lieutenant (army)
- subaltern
Wèi Liáozi
尉缭子
[尉繚子]
- Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書／武经七书 ( Wǔjīng Qīshū), possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚／尉缭 ( Wèi Liáo) during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Yùchí Gōng
尉迟恭
[尉遲恭]
- General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
Yùlíxiàn
尉犁县
[尉犁縣]
- Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 ( Bāyīnguōléng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
Wèishìxiàn
尉氏县
[尉氏縣]
- Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封／开封 ( Kāifēng), Henan
lùjūnzhōngwèi
陆军中尉
[陸軍中尉]
- lieutenant