Wei

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See also: wei, wéi, Wéi, and Wèi

English

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Etymology 1

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From Mandarin Chinese (Wèi).

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Wei

  1. (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
    • 1991, Gao Yuan, “Stratagem 2: Besiege the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao”, in Lure the Tiger out of the Mountains: The Thirty-six Stratagems of Ancient China[1], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:
      TO ASSAULT a strong and cohesive enemy head-on is to invite disaster. The stratagem of besieging the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao advocates indirect confrontation.
  2. (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
  3. (historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
    • 1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, edited by William Schultz, Li Ho[2], Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:
      After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.
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Etymology 2

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From Mandarin Chinese (Wèi).

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Proper noun

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Wei

  1. (historical) An ancient Chinese duchy during the Zhou dynasty

Etymology 3

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Wei

  1. A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.
    Synonym: Wei River

Further reading

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Anagrams

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East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Wein.

Noun

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Wei m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) wine
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Further reading

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  • Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 26
  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 165
  • Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 11

German Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon *hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (whey).

Noun

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Wei f (no plural)

  1. whey

Derived terms

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German wīhī. Cognate with German Weihe.

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Wei f (plural Weien)

  1. (Christianity) consecration
  2. (Christianity) ordination
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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German Wein, Dutch wijn, English wine.

Noun

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Wei m

  1. wine

Sathmar Swabian

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Noun

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Wei m

  1. wine

References

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  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)