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Wei

//weɪ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty historical

    "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. 2
    An ancient Chinese duchy during the Zhou dynasty historical
  3. 3
    A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.
  4. 4
    Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom historical
  5. 5
    A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty. historical

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556 wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).

Etymology 2

From Mandarin Chinese 衞 /卫 (Wèi).

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