"渭" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ui²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ui⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ui²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ui³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ui³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /weɪ̯⁵¹/, /wɐi̯²²/, /ui²²/, /ui⁴¹/, /ui²²/, /ui³³/, /ui³³/ Chinese transliterations: wèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], wei⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ūi, wèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wèi [Mandarin, Yale], wey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэй [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], waih [Cantonese, Yale], wai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ūi [Hokkien, POJ], uī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ui [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hjw+jH [Middle-Chinese], /*ɢuds/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds) Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ɢuds}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢuds), {{Han compound|水|胃|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=water}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 渭
  1. (~河) the Wei River Categories (place): Rivers in China
    Sense id: en-渭-zh-character-ds~ElHtJ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Han phono-semantic compounds Derived forms: 江雲渭樹, 江云渭树, 沸渭, 涇渭, 泾渭, 涇渭不分, 泾渭不分, 涇渭分明 (jīngwèifēnmíng), 泾渭分明 (jīngwèifēnmíng), 清渭濁涇, 清渭浊泾, 渭城 (Wèichéng), 渭水 (Wèishuǐ), 渭河 (Wèihé), 渭河盆地 (Wèihé Péndì), 渭陽 (wèiyáng), 渭阳 (wèiyáng), 渭陽之思, 渭阳之思, 渭陽之情, 渭阳之情, 濁涇清渭, 浊泾清渭

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          "word": "渭陽之情"
        },
        {
          "word": "渭阳之情"
        },
        {
          "word": "濁涇清渭"
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          "word": "浊泾清渭"
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      "word": "江雲渭樹"
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      "word": "江云渭树"
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      "word": "沸渭"
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      "word": "涇渭"
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    {
      "word": "泾渭"
    },
    {
      "word": "涇渭不分"
    },
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      "word": "泾渭不分"
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