"緯" meaning in Chinese

See in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /weɪ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /vi²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ui⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /ui⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ui⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ui³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /ui²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hui³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /ui⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /weɪ̯²¹⁴/, /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯¹³/, /vi²⁴/, /ui⁵³/, /ui⁴¹/, /ui⁵⁵⁴/, /ui³³/, /ui²²/, /hui³³/, /ui⁵²/ Chinese transliterations: wěi [Mandarin, Pinyin], wei³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wai⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], vî [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], úi [Hokkien, POJ], ūi [Hokkien, POJ], hūi [Hokkien, POJ], ui² [Peng'im, Teochew], wěi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wěi [Mandarin, Yale], woei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэй [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], waih [Cantonese, Yale], wáih [Cantonese, Yale], wai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wai⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], wei⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], vî [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vi´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], vi¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], uí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], uie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], uī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ui [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], huī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hui [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], úi [POJ, Teochew], hjw+jH [Middle-Chinese], /*ɢʷɯls/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl). In earlier forms of 韋, the components above and below 囗 were feet, each facing in opposite lateral directions (left and right). (In this way, 韋 is also a semantic element representing horizontality.) Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ɢʷɯls}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls), {{m|zh|糸//||thread|tr=-}} 糸 (“thread”), {{m|zh|韋//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *ɢʷɯl</span>}} 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl), {{Han compound|糸|韋|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=thread}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl), {{lang|zh|韋}} 韋, {{lang|zh|囗}} 囗, {{lang|zh|韋}} 韋 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 緯
  1. weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)
    Sense id: en-緯-zh-character-AGAgk193
  2. (geography) latitude Categories (topical): Geography
    Sense id: en-緯-zh-character-f~h~a0HM Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  3. planet Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-緯-zh-character-y1gV~lw8
  4. to weave; to wrap Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-緯-zh-character-RisgU2Ap
  5. Short for 緯書/纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 緯書 (extra: wěishū, “Confucian occult”), 纬书 (extra: wěishū, “Confucian occult”)
    Sense id: en-緯-zh-character-xSKbB4sS Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 0 5 52 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 24 0 8 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 七緯, 七纬, 中緯度, 中纬度, 低緯度, 低纬度, 六緯, 六纬, 北緯 (běiwěi), 北纬 (běiwěi), 南緯 (nánwěi), 南纬 (nánwěi), 圖緯, 图纬, 嫠不恤緯, 嫠不恤纬, 嫠緯之憂, 嫠纬之忧, 文經武緯, 文经武纬, 沒了經緯, 没了经纬, 沒經緯, 没经纬, 絡緯 (luòwěi), 络纬 (luòwěi), 經天緯地 (jīngtiānwěidì), 经天纬地 (jīngtiānwěidì), 經文緯武, 经文纬武, 經武緯文, 经武纬文, 經緯 (jīngwěi), 经纬 (jīngwěi), 經緯儀 (jīngwěiyí), 经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí), 經緯天下, 经纬天下, 經緯度, 经纬度, 緯世, 纬世, 緯地經天, 纬地经天, 緯帽, 纬帽, 緯度 (wěidù), 纬度 (wěidù), 緯書 (wěishū), 纬书 (wěishū), 緯武經文, 纬武经文, 緯線 (wěixiàn), 纬线 (wěixiàn), 緯繣, 纬𰬠, 緯象, 纬象, 讖緯 (chènwěi), 谶纬 (chènwěi), 赤緯 (chìwěi), 赤纬 (chìwěi), 高緯度, 高纬度

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 緯 meaning in Chinese (10.1kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "七緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "七纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "中緯度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "中纬度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "低緯度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "低纬度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "六緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "六纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "běiwěi",
      "word": "北緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "běiwěi",
      "word": "北纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nánwěi",
      "word": "南緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nánwěi",
      "word": "南纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "圖緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "图纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "嫠不恤緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "嫠不恤纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "嫠緯之憂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "嫠纬之忧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "文經武緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "文经武纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "沒了經緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "没了经纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "沒經緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "没经纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luòwěi",
      "word": "絡緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "luòwěi",
      "word": "络纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
      "word": "經天緯地"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
      "word": "经天纬地"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "經文緯武"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "经文纬武"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "經武緯文"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "经武纬文"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīngwěi",
      "word": "經緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīngwěi",
      "word": "经纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīngwěiyí",
      "word": "經緯儀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīngwěiyí",
      "word": "经纬仪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "經緯天下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "经纬天下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "經緯度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "经纬度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "緯世"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纬世"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "緯地經天"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纬地经天"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "緯帽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纬帽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěidù",
      "word": "緯度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěidù",
      "word": "纬度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěishū",
      "word": "緯書"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěishū",
      "word": "纬书"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "緯武經文"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纬武经文"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěixiàn",
      "word": "緯線"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wěixiàn",
      "word": "纬线"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "緯繣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纬𰬠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "緯象"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "纬象"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chènwěi",
      "word": "讖緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chènwěi",
      "word": "谶纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chìwěi",
      "word": "赤緯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chìwěi",
      "word": "赤纬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "高緯度"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "高纬度"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ɢʷɯls"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "糸//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thread",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "糸 (“thread”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "韋//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *ɢʷɯl</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "糸",
        "2": "韋",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "thread"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "韋"
      },
      "expansion": "韋",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "囗"
      },
      "expansion": "囗",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "韋"
      },
      "expansion": "韋",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl). In earlier forms of 韋, the components above and below 囗 were feet, each facing in opposite lateral directions (left and right).\n(In this way, 韋 is also a semantic element representing horizontality.)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "緯",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 經/经"
        },
        {
          "english": "In the [fabric of] the earth’s shape, east and west are the weft / woof; north and south are the warp; ….",
          "ref": "凡地形,東西為緯,南北為經,……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "凡地形,东西为纬,南北为经,……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nFán dìxíng, dōngxī wèi wěi, nánběi wèi jīng,....... [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)"
      ],
      "id": "en-緯-zh-character-AGAgk193",
      "links": [
        [
          "weft",
          "weft"
        ],
        [
          "woof",
          "woof"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "zh:Geography",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 經/经"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "latitude"
      ],
      "id": "en-緯-zh-character-f~h~a0HM",
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "latitude",
          "latitude"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) latitude"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "planet"
      ],
      "id": "en-緯-zh-character-y1gV~lw8",
      "links": [
        [
          "planet",
          "planet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to weave; to wrap"
      ],
      "id": "en-緯-zh-character-RisgU2Ap",
      "links": [
        [
          "weave",
          "weave"
        ],
        [
          "wrap",
          "wrap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "wěishū, “Confucian occult”",
          "word": "緯書"
        },
        {
          "extra": "wěishū, “Confucian occult”",
          "word": "纬书"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 0 5 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 0 8 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 緯書/纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-緯-zh-character-xSKbB4sS",
      "links": [
        [
          "緯書",
          "緯書#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "纬书",
          "纬书#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wáih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hjw+jH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢʷɯls/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ ūi /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɢʷɯls/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緯"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "七緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "七纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "中緯度"
    },
    {
      "word": "中纬度"
    },
    {
      "word": "低緯度"
    },
    {
      "word": "低纬度"
    },
    {
      "word": "六緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "六纬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běiwěi",
      "word": "北緯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běiwěi",
      "word": "北纬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánwěi",
      "word": "南緯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánwěi",
      "word": "南纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "圖緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "图纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "嫠不恤緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "嫠不恤纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "嫠緯之憂"
    },
    {
      "word": "嫠纬之忧"
    },
    {
      "word": "文經武緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "文经武纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "沒了經緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "没了经纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "沒經緯"
    },
    {
      "word": "没经纬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luòwěi",
      "word": "絡緯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luòwěi",
      "word": "络纬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
      "word": "經天緯地"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
      "word": "经天纬地"
    },
    {
      "word": "經文緯武"
    },
    {
      "word": "经文纬武"
    },
    {
      "word": "經武緯文"
    },
    {
      "word": "经武纬文"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngwěi",
      "word": "經緯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngwěi",
      "word": "经纬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngwěiyí",
      "word": "經緯儀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngwěiyí",
      "word": "经纬仪"
    },
    {
      "word": "經緯天下"
    },
    {
      "word": "经纬天下"
    },
    {
      "word": "經緯度"
    },
    {
      "word": "经纬度"
    },
    {
      "word": "緯世"
    },
    {
      "word": "纬世"
    },
    {
      "word": "緯地經天"
    },
    {
      "word": "纬地经天"
    },
    {
      "word": "緯帽"
    },
    {
      "word": "纬帽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěidù",
      "word": "緯度"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěidù",
      "word": "纬度"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěishū",
      "word": "緯書"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěishū",
      "word": "纬书"
    },
    {
      "word": "緯武經文"
    },
    {
      "word": "纬武经文"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěixiàn",
      "word": "緯線"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěixiàn",
      "word": "纬线"
    },
    {
      "word": "緯繣"
    },
    {
      "word": "纬𰬠"
    },
    {
      "word": "緯象"
    },
    {
      "word": "纬象"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chènwěi",
      "word": "讖緯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chènwěi",
      "word": "谶纬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chìwěi",
      "word": "赤緯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chìwěi",
      "word": "赤纬"
    },
    {
      "word": "高緯度"
    },
    {
      "word": "高纬度"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ɢʷɯls"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "糸//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thread",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "糸 (“thread”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "韋//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *ɢʷɯl</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "糸",
        "2": "韋",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "thread"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "韋"
      },
      "expansion": "韋",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "囗"
      },
      "expansion": "囗",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "韋"
      },
      "expansion": "韋",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl). In earlier forms of 韋, the components above and below 囗 were feet, each facing in opposite lateral directions (left and right).\n(In this way, 韋 is also a semantic element representing horizontality.)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "緯",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 經/经"
        },
        {
          "english": "In the [fabric of] the earth’s shape, east and west are the weft / woof; north and south are the warp; ….",
          "ref": "凡地形,東西為緯,南北為經,……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "凡地形,东西为纬,南北为经,……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nFán dìxíng, dōngxī wèi wěi, nánběi wèi jīng,....... [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weft",
          "weft"
        ],
        [
          "woof",
          "woof"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Geography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 經/经"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "latitude"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "latitude",
          "latitude"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) latitude"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "planet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "planet",
          "planet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to weave; to wrap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weave",
          "weave"
        ],
        [
          "wrap",
          "wrap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "wěishū, “Confucian occult”",
          "word": "緯書"
        },
        {
          "extra": "wěishū, “Confucian occult”",
          "word": "纬书"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 緯書/纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "緯書",
          "緯書#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "纬书",
          "纬书#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wáih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hjw+jH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢʷɯls/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ ūi /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɢʷɯls/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "緯"
}
{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
  "path": [
    "緯"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "緯",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "緯"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "緯",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "緯"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "緯",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.