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威
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Definitions
- 1. might
- 2. prestige
- 3. power
Example Sentences
1 shown威 爾士。
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Words Containing 威
vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
national prestige
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Wuwei prefecture in Gansu
to demonstrate (as a protest)
Greenwich
wafer
to threaten; to menace
nuclear deterrence
Weizhou town, seat of Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[wèn chuān xiàn] in northwest Sichuan
to cower by military force
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Wei county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Auschwitz (concentration camp)
display of severity immediately on taking office
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany
Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
rally
whiskey (loanword)
Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961
majestic presence
Yahweh
Norway
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
fame for fighting prowess
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu
policy of nuclear intimidation
fierce
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
to make threats and promises
might
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[nèi jiāng], Sichuan
Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
Budweiser beer
macadamia nut
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu
new danger
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[zhāo tōng], Yunnan
authority
abuse of authority
(idiom) to have an aura of authority; to have a commanding presence
deterrent force
Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传
Powell (name)
Waikiki (Hawaii)
to threaten
Welsh (language)
might
august
military threat
Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou
grave and dignified
Hawaii island
Wilson (name)
Wisconsin
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
potential threat
authority
to inspire awe
Kingway (Chinese beer brand)
New South Wales, southeast Australian state
William or Wilhelm (name)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Weimar (German city)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
demonstrator
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[nèi jiāng], Sichuan
majestic
Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)
not to submit to force
Williamsburg, Virginia
Visa (credit card)
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Budweiser (beer)
Hawaii, US state
Westminster Abbey, London
to cheer for
sit-in protest demonstration
authoritative
Wisconsin, US state
nuclear deterrent
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984
whiskey (loanword)
Greenwich Mean Time
Wellington (name)
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
Venice
awe-inspiring
Wales, constituent nation of UK
Kuwait
Segway PT
Warwick (name)
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
Wisconsin, US state
Joko Widodo (1961-), Indonesian politician, president of Indonesia (2014-)
Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)
Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, in New York City
Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels)
coercion
to threaten
Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
might
power and virtue
Hawaii, US state
might
to intimidate
dignified
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
orders weightier than life
Wylie (name)
Willis (name)
authoritative
a show of strength
authority
Sahrawi
vermouth (loanword)
Louis Vuitton (brand)
Orwell (name)
Hanover
prestige
lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)
Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
Flavius (Roman historian of 1st century AD)
awe-inspiring
to lose every scrap of reputation
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[zhāo tōng], Yunnan
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
Rottweiler (dog breed)
Greenwich
to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star
Wiltshire (English county)
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
Roewe (brand)
Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 during the 1880s
New South Wales (Australian state)
Schweppes (soft drinks company)
Wichita (city in Kansas)
Auschwitz concentration camp
nuclear strength
Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
prestige
(protest) demonstration