"惟" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wéi [Mandarin, Pinyin], wei² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wéi [Mandarin, Yale], wei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэй [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], wàih [Cantonese, Yale], wai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ywij [Middle-Chinese], /*ɢʷij/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɢʷi/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 惟
  1. but; however; nevertheless
    Sense id: en-惟-zh-character-TFTC~tOv Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 58 9 4 6 23
  2. only
    Sense id: en-惟-zh-character--QWxlULt
  3. to think; to contemplate
    Sense id: en-惟-zh-character-rMu4fRRT
  4. Alternative form of 唯 (“to be”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: (extra: to be)
    Sense id: en-惟-zh-character-M5CdzwSa
  5. (alt. form 維/维, 唯) meaningless sentence-initial particle Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-惟-zh-character-Ibz97tNy Categories (other): Chinese prepositions Disambiguation of Chinese prepositions: 0 15 14 20 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不惟 (bùwéi), 人心惟危, 令出惟行, 伏惟 (fúwéi), 匪惟, 思惟 (sīwéi), 惟利是圖 (wéilìshìtú), 惟利是图 (wéilìshìtú), 惟利是營, 惟利是营, 惟利是逐, 惟力是視, 惟力是视, 惟命是從 (wéimìngshìcóng), 惟命是从 (wéimìngshìcóng), 惟命是聽 (wéimìngshìtīng), 惟命是听 (wéimìngshìtīng), 惟天可表, 惟妙惟肖 (wéimiàowéixiào), 惟恐 (wéikǒng), 惟精惟一, 授職惟賢, 授职惟贤, 明德惟馨, 正思惟, 民惟邦本, 洪惟, 禍福惟人, 祸福惟人, 非惟

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "word": "令出惟行"
    },
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      "roman": "fúwéi",
      "word": "伏惟"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "sīwéi",
      "word": "思惟"
    },
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      "roman": "wéilìshìtú",
      "word": "惟利是圖"
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      "word": "惟利是图"
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      "word": "惟利是逐"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "roman": "wéimìngshìcóng",
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      "roman": "wéimìngshìtīng",
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      "roman": "wéimiàowéixiào",
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      "roman": "wéikǒng",
      "word": "惟恐"
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      "word": "惟精惟一"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "授職惟賢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "授职惟贤"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "明德惟馨"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "正思惟"
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      "word": "民惟邦本"
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      "word": "洪惟"
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      "word": "禍福惟人"
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          "nevertheless",
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          "维",
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      "zh-pron": "wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴"
    },
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    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "wéi"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "wei"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
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      "zh-pron": "wai⁴"
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "ywij"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢʷij/"
    },
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        "Zhengzhang"
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      "zh-pron": "/*ɢʷi/"
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      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵/"
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  "word": "惟"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùwéi",
      "word": "不惟"
    },
    {
      "word": "人心惟危"
    },
    {
      "word": "令出惟行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fúwéi",
      "word": "伏惟"
    },
    {
      "word": "匪惟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sīwéi",
      "word": "思惟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéilìshìtú",
      "word": "惟利是圖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéilìshìtú",
      "word": "惟利是图"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟利是營"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟利是营"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟利是逐"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟力是視"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟力是视"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéimìngshìcóng",
      "word": "惟命是從"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéimìngshìcóng",
      "word": "惟命是从"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéimìngshìtīng",
      "word": "惟命是聽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéimìngshìtīng",
      "word": "惟命是听"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟天可表"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéimiàowéixiào",
      "word": "惟妙惟肖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéikǒng",
      "word": "惟恐"
    },
    {
      "word": "惟精惟一"
    },
    {
      "word": "授職惟賢"
    },
    {
      "word": "授职惟贤"
    },
    {
      "word": "明德惟馨"
    },
    {
      "word": "正思惟"
    },
    {
      "word": "民惟邦本"
    },
    {
      "word": "洪惟"
    },
    {
      "word": "禍福惟人"
    },
    {
      "word": "祸福惟人"
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    {
      "word": "非惟"
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        "to think; to contemplate"
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          "維",
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      "zh-pron": "wéi"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "wei²"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ"
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      "zh-pron": "wai⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "wéi"
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      "zh-pron": "wéi"
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      "zh-pron": "wei²"
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      "zh-pron": "wéi"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "wei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
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    {
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      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹/"
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