wéi

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Definitions

  1. 1. to preserve
  2. 2. to maintain
  3. 3. dimension

Words Containing 维

三维
sān wéi

three-dimensional

二维码
èr wéi mǎ

two-dimensional barcode

思维
sī wéi

(line of) thought

恭维
gōng wei

to praise

维修
wéi xiū

maintenance (of equipment)

维持
wéi chí

to keep

维生素
wéi shēng sù

vitamin

维护
wéi hù

to defend

纤维
xiān wéi

fiber

一维
yī wéi

one-dimensional (math.)

三维空间
sān wéi kōng jiān

three-dimensional space

不敢恭维
bù gǎn gōng wei

to be underwhelmed

世界维吾尔代表大会
shì jiè wéi wú ěr dài biǎo dà huì

World Uighur Congress

中密度纤维板
zhōng mì dù xiān wéi bǎn

medium-density fiberboard (MDF)

中华苏维埃共和国
zhōng huá sū wéi āi gòng hé guó

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)

中间纤维
zhōng jiān xiān wéi

intermediate filament

二维
èr wéi

two-dimensional

亚努科维奇
yà nǔ kē wéi qí

Viktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician

人造纤维
rén zào xiān wéi

synthetic fiber

低维
dī wéi

low-dimensional (math.)

光导纤维
guāng dǎo xiān wéi

optical fiber

克维拉
kè wéi lā

Kevlar

利伯维尔
lì bó wéi ěr

Libreville, capital of Gabon

利维坦
lì wéi tǎn

leviathan (loanword)

勒维夫
lè wéi fu

Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine

勒维纳斯
lè wéi nà sī

Levinas (philosopher)

化学纤维
huà xué xiān wéi

synthetic fiber

卡纳维拉尔角
kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo

Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[kěn ní dí háng tiān zhōng xīn]

卡纳维尔角
kǎ nà wéi ěr jiǎo

Cape Canaveral, Florida

原纤维
yuán xiān wéi

fibril

合成纤维
hé chéng xiān wéi

synthetic fiber

咸与维新
xián yù wéi xīn

everyone participates in reforms (idiom)

四维
sì wéi

the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor

四维空间
sì wéi kōng jiān

four-dimensional space (math.)

固定型思维
gù dìng xíng sī wéi

fixed mindset (as opposed to growth mindset)

埃尔维斯·普雷斯利
āi ěr wéi sī · pǔ léi sī lì

Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star

塞哥维亚
sè gē wéi yà

Segovia, Spain

塞尔维亚
sāi ěr wéi yà
塞尔维亚克罗地亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà kè luó dì yà yǔ
塞尔维亚和黑山
sāi ěr wéi yà hé hēi shān
塞尔维亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà yǔ
塞维利亚
sāi wéi lì yà
多种维生素
duō zhǒng wéi shēng sù

multivitamin

多维
duō wéi

multidimensional

天然纤维
tiān rán xiān wéi

natural fiber

奥利维亚
ào lì wéi yà

Olivia (name)

奥斯维辛
ào sī wéi xīn

Auschwitz (concentration camp)

奥维耶多
ào wéi yē duō

Oviedo (Asturian: Uviéu), capital of Asturias in northwest Spain

妮维娅
nī wéi yà

Nivea, skin and body care brand

妮维雅
nī wéi yǎ

Nivea, skin and body care brand

安妮·夏菲维
ān ní · xià fēi wéi

see 安妮·海瑟薇[ān ní · hǎi sè wēi]

小熊维尼
xiǎo xióng wéi ní

Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)

布干维尔
bù gān wéi ěr

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

布干维尔岛
bù gān wéi ěr dǎo

Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

布拉戈维申斯克
bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè

Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州|阿穆尔州[ā mù ěr zhōu]

布拉柴维尔
bù lā chái wéi ěr

Brazzaville, capital of Congo

布尔什维克
bù ěr shí wéi kè

Bolshevik

几维鸟
jī wéi niǎo

kiwi (bird) (loanword)

康思维恩格
kāng sī wéi ēn gé

Kongsvinger (city in Hedemark, Norway)

彼得罗维奇
bǐ dé luó wéi qí

Petrovich (name)

德维尔潘
dé wéi ěr pān

(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)

思维地图
sī wéi dì tú

mind map

思维导图
sī wéi dǎo tú

mind map

思维敏捷
sī wéi mǐn jié

quick-witted

怪人奥尔·扬科维奇
guài rén ào ěr · yáng kē wéi qí

\Weird Al\ Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs

爱莫利维尔
ài mò lì wéi ěr

Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California

戊戌维新
wù xū wéi xīn

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

成长型思维
chéng zhǎng xíng sī wéi

growth mindset

戴维
dài wéi

Davy

戴维斯
dài wéi sī

Davis or Davies (name)

戴维斯杯
dài wéi sī bēi

Davis Cup (international tennis team competition)

戴维营
dài wéi yíng

Camp David

抽象思维
chōu xiàng sī wéi

abstract thought

拉斯维加斯
lā sī wéi jiā sī

Las Vegas, Nevada

拉脱维亚
lā tuō wéi yà

Latvia

扬科维奇
yáng kē wéi qí

Jankovic

斯堪的纳维亚
sī kān dì nà wéi yà

Scandinavia

斯维尔德洛夫
sī wéi ěr dé luò fū

Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza

明治维新
míng zhì wéi xīn

Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)

普罗维登斯
pǔ luó wéi dēng sī

Providence, capital of Rhode Island

李维
lǐ wéi

Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian

李维史陀
lǐ wéi shǐ tuó

Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist

李维斯
lǐ wéi sī

Levi's (brand)

桑娇维塞
sāng jiāo wéi sāi

Sangiovese (grape type)

椰壳纤维
yē ké xiān wéi

coconut fiber

杨维
yáng wéi

Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist

步履维艰
bù lǚ wéi jiān

to have difficulty walking (idiom)

沙法维王朝
shā fǎ wéi wáng cháo

Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà

Bosnia and Herzegovina

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà gòng hé guó

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà]

无维度
wú wéi dù

dimensionless (math.)

特拉维夫
tè lā wéi fū

Tel Aviv

王国维
wáng guó wéi

Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar

王维
wáng wéi

Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet

玻利维亚
bō lì wéi yà

Bolivia

玻璃纤维
bō lí xiān wéi

fiberglass

琳·戴维斯
lín · dài wéi sī

Lynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state 1993-1997

瓦西里耶维奇
wǎ xī lǐ yē wéi qí

Vasilievich (name)

百日维新
bǎi rì wéi xīn

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

碳纤维
tàn xiān wéi

carbon fiber

碳链纤维
tàn liàn xiān wéi

carbon chain fiber

神经纤维
shén jīng xiān wéi

neurofibril

神经纤维瘤
shén jīng xiān wéi liú

neurofibroma

福维克
fú wéi kè

Vorwerk (brand)

穆萨维
mù sà wéi

Moussavi, Mir Hussein (1941-), candidate in Iran's disputed 2009 elections

米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉
mǐ gé ěr · dé · sāi wàn tí sī · sà wéi dé lā

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[táng jí hē dé]

约维克
yāo wéi kè

Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)

纳什维尔
nà shí wéi ěr

Nashville, capital of Tennessee

经营管理和维护
jīng yíng guǎn lǐ hé wéi hù

Operations Administration and Maintenance

维也纳
wéi yě nà

Vienna, capital of Austria

维京人
wéi jīng rén

Viking

维他命
wéi tā mìng

vitamin (loanword)

维克多·雨果
wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer

维克托
wéi kè tuō

Victor (name)

维吉尔
wéi jí ěr

Virgil or Vergilius (70-19 BC), Roman poet and author of the Aeneid 埃涅阿斯紀|埃涅阿斯纪[āi niè ā sī jì]

维吾尔
wéi wú ěr

Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang

维吾尔人
wéi wú ěr rén

Uighur person or people

维吾尔族
wéi wú ěr zú

Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang

维吾尔语
wéi wú ěr yǔ

Uighur language

维和
wéi hé

peacekeeping

维基
wéi jī

wiki (Internet)

维基媒体基金会
wéi jī méi tǐ jī jīn huì

Wikimedia Foundation

维基数据
wéi jī shù jù

Wikistats, (stats.wikimedia.org), online tool providing statistics for Wikimedia projects

维基物种
wéi jī wù zhǒng

Wikispecies, (species.wikimedia.org), online project to catalog all known species

维基百科
wéi jī bǎi kē

Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)

维基解密
wéi jī jiě mì

WikiLeaks

维基词典
wéi jī cí diǎn

Wiktionary (online dictionary)

维多利亚
wéi duō lì yà

Victoria (name)

维多利亚公园
wéi duō lì yà gōng yuán

Victoria Park, Hong Kong

维多利亚女王
wéi duō lì yà nǚ wáng

Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901)

维多利亚岛
wéi duō lì yà dǎo

Victoria Island

维多利亚州
wéi duō lì yà zhōu

Victoria, southeastern Australian state

维多利亚港
wéi duō lì yà gǎng

Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong

维多利亚湖
wéi duō lì yà hú

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile

维多利亚瀑布
wéi duō lì yà pù bù

Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe

维奇
wéi qí

Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555)

维妙维肖
wéi miào wéi xiào

to imitate to perfection

维密
wéi mì

Victoria's Secret

维尼熊
wéi ní xióng

Winnie the Pooh

维尼纶
wéi ní lún

see 維綸|维纶[wéi lún]

维冈
wéi gāng

Wigan, town in England

维度
wéi dù

dimension (math.)

维恩图解
wéi ēn tú jiě

Venn diagram

维拉
wéi lā

Vala (Middle-earth)

维拉港
wéi lā gǎng

Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu

维持原判
wéi chí yuán pàn

to affirm the original sentence (law)

维持生活
wéi chí shēng huó

to subsist

维持费
wéi chí fèi

maintenance costs

维扬
wéi yáng

Weiyang district of Yangzhou city 揚州市|扬州市[yáng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

维扬区
wéi yáng qū

Weiyang district of Yangzhou city 揚州市|扬州市[yáng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

维数
wéi shù

(math.) dimension

维新
wéi xīn

(political) reform

维新派
wéi xīn pài

the reformist faction

维新变法
wéi xīn biàn fǎ

Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

维权
wéi quán

to defend (legal) rights

维权人士
wéi quán rén shì

civil rights activist

维氏
wéi shì

Victorinox (knife manufacturer)

维港
wéi gǎng

Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong

维尔容
wéi ěr róng

(Johannes Lodewikus) Viljoen (South African ambassador to Taiwan)

维尔斯特拉斯
wéi ěr sī tè lā sī

Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897), German mathematician

维尔纽斯
wéi ěr niǔ sī

Vilnius, capital of Lithuania

维特
wéi tè

Werther, opera by Jules Massenet

维特根斯坦
wéi tè gēn sī tǎn

Wittgenstein (name)

维珍
wéi zhēn

Virgin (company)

维珍尼亚州
wéi zhēn ní yà zhōu

Virginia (US state) (Hong Kong, Macau)

维稳
wéi wěn

to maintain social stability

维管
wéi guǎn

vascular

维管束
wéi guǎn shù

vascular bundle (botany)

维管束植物
wéi guǎn shù zhí wù

vascular plants

维管柱
wéi guǎn zhù

vascular column

维纳斯
wéi nà sī

Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)

维纶
wéi lún

vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword)

维系
wéi xì

to maintain

维罗纳
wéi luó nà

Verona

维萨
wéi sà

Visa (credit card)

维西傈僳族自治县
wéi xī lì sù zú zì zhì xiàn

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan

维西县
wéi xī xiàn

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan

维达
wéi dá

Vidar (Norse deity)

纤维丛
xiān wéi cóng

fiber bundle (math.)

纤维囊泡症
xiān wéi náng pào zhèng

cystic fibrosis

纤维状
xiān wéi zhuàng

fibrous

纤维素
xiān wéi sù

cellulose

纤维肌痛
xiān wéi jī tòng

fibromyalgia

纤维胶
xiān wéi jiāo

viscose

纤维蛋白
xiān wéi dàn bái

fibrous protein

美属维尔京群岛
měi shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo

United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

耶莱娜·扬科维奇
yé lái nuó · yáng kē wéi qí

Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player

圣基茨和尼维斯
shèng jī cí hé ní wéi sī

Saint Kitts and Nevis

聚酯纤维
jù zhǐ xiān wéi

polyester fiber

肌原纤维
jī yuán xiān wéi

myofibril

肌纤维
jī xiān wéi

muscle fiber

膳食纤维
shàn shí xiān wéi

dietary fiber

举步维艰
jǔ bù wéi jiān

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

英属维尔京群岛
yīng shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo

British Virgin Islands

莫霍洛维奇
mò huò luò wéi qí

Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho

莫霍洛维奇不连续面
mò huò luò wéi qí bù lián xù miàn

Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)

万维天罗地网
wàn wéi tiān luó dì wǎng

World Wide Web (WWW)

万维网
wàn wéi wǎng

World Wide Web (WWW)

万维网联合体
wàn wéi wǎng lián hé tǐ

W3C, global Internet steering committee

蒙得维的亚
méng dé wéi dì yà

Montevideo, capital of Uruguay