Usage of the character 韋
wéi
韦
[韋]
- soft leather
Wéi
韦
[韋]
- surname Wei
Wéilì
韦利
[韋利]
- Waley or Whaley (name)
- Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist
Wéikē
韦科
[韋科]
- Waco
Wéidé
韦德
[韋德]
- Wade (name)
- Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪／威妥玛 ( Wēi Tuǒmǎ)
wéibó
韦伯
[韋伯]
- weber (unit of magnetic flux, Wb)
Wéibó
韦伯
[韋伯]
- Webb, Webber or Weber (name)
Wéidá
韦达
[韋達]
- François Viète (1540-1603), French mathematician, father of modern algebraic notation
Shìwéi
室韦
[室韋]
- the Shiwei tribes who inhabited an area to the northeast of Tang-dynasty China
Rè'ěrwéi
热尔韦
[熱爾韋]
- Gervais (name)
- Paul Gervais (1816-1879), French geologist
Wéi Mùtíng
韦慕庭
[韋慕庭]
- Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University
Wéi Yìngwù
韦应物
[韋應物]
- Wei Yingwu (c. 737 - c. 792), Tang dynasty poet
Wéi'ěrwǎ
韦尔瓦
[韋爾瓦]
- Huelva, Spain
Wéigénà
韦格纳
[韋格納]
- Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift
- also written 魏格納／魏格纳
Wéiwǎdì
韦瓦第
[韋瓦第]
- Vivaldi (name)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer
Lü Bùwéi
吕不韦
[呂不韋]
- Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國／秦国 ( Qínguó), subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 ( Qíndài) Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政 ( Yíng Zhèng), who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng)
Wéisīkǎ
韦斯卡
[韋斯卡]
- Uesca or Huesca, Spain
Cháwéisī
查韦斯
[查韋斯]
- Chavez, Spanish name
Wéishìpīnfǎ
韦氏拼法
[韋氏拼法]
- Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
āxīluòwéi
阿昔洛韦
[阿昔洛韋]
- aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
Jīnbābùwéi
津巴布韦
[津巴布韋]
- Zimbabwe
Sàiwéilǐnuò
塞韦里诺
[塞韋里諾]
- (Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Wéishìwēngyīng
韦氏鹟莺
[韋氏鶲鶯]
- (bird species of China) Whistler's warbler (Seicercus whistleri)
Jīlāwéi'è
基拉韦厄
[基拉韋厄]
- Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano
bùyīwéidài
布衣韦带
[布衣韋帶]
- in hemp cloth and with a leather belt
- poorly dressed
Màikèsīwéi
麦克斯韦
[麥克斯韋]
- Maxwell (name)
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
Wéituó Púsà
韦驮菩萨
[韋馱菩薩]
- Skanda, the general or guardian Bodhisattva
ruìdéxīwéi
瑞德西韦
[瑞德西韋]
- remdesivir (antiviral medication) (loanword)
wéibiānsānjué
韦编三绝
[韋編三絕]
- lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
- fig. to study diligently
Wéi'ěrfúléizī
韦尔弗雷兹
[韋爾弗雷茲]
- (George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)
Méidéwéijiéfū
梅德韦杰夫
[梅德韋傑夫]
- Medvedyev (name)
- Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, president of Russian Federation from 2008
Mòhāwéi Shāmò
莫哈韦沙漠
[莫哈韋沙漠]
- Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
Bǐyàwéisītuōkè
比亚韦斯托克
[比亞韋斯托克]
- Białystok, city in Poland
Méilǐyàmǔ· Wéibósītè
梅里亚姆·韦伯斯特
[梅里亞姆·韋伯斯特]
- Merriam-Webster (dictionary)