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wèi

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Definitions

  1. 1. military officer

Words Containing 尉

尉犁
yù lí

Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

大尉
dà wèi

captain (army rank)

廷尉
tíng wèi

Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]

少尉
shào wèi

second lieutenant (army rank)

校尉
xiào wèi

military officer

都尉
dū wèi

military rank

尉缭
wèi liáo

Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[wèi liáo zi] text on military strategy

尉迟恭
yù chí gōng

General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty

尉缭子
wèi liáo zi

Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[wèi liáo] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

卫尉
wèi wèi

Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]

尉犁县
yù lí xiàn

Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

陆军中尉
lù jūn zhōng wèi

lieutenant

尉氏县
wèi shì xiàn

Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan

中尉
zhōng wèi

lieutenant (navy)

尉氏
wèi shì

Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan

上尉
shàng wèi

captain (military rank)