谓 (謂) wèi

1. wèi verb to call
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 叫做; literary Chinese this transitory verb takes two arguments: the first object is the thing that is being called, and the second the thing that the first object is called (Guoyu '謂' v 3; Kroll '謂' 3; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 33-34).
2. wèi verb to discuss / to comment on / to speak of / to tell about
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In literary Chinese this transitory verb takes two arguments: the person being told something and the thing spoken of. The subject is the person doing the speaking (Guoyu '謂' v 1; Kroll '謂' 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 33).
3. wèi verb to speak to / to address
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 告诉 (Guoyu '謂' v 2; Kroll '謂' 1)
4. wèi verb to treat as / to regard as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll '謂' 4)
5. wèi verb introducing a condition situation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll '謂' 5)
6. wèi verb to speak to / to address
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 告诉 (Guoyu '謂' v 2; Kroll '謂' 1)
7. wèi verb to think
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 认为 or 以为 (Guoyu '謂' v 6)
8. wèi verb for / is to be
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 是 or 为 (Guoyu '謂' v 7)
9. wèi verb to make / to cause
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 使 or 让 (Guoyu '謂' v 8)
10. wèi preposition and
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 与、和 (Guoyu '謂' prep)
11. wèi noun principle / reason
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 道理 or 意义; For example, 无谓 'for no reason' (Guoyu '謂' n 1)
12. wèi proper noun Wei
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '謂' n 2)

Contained in

所谓 、 称谓 、 可谓 、 谓语 、 无所谓 、 主谓词组 、 主谓句 、 非主谓句 、 动词谓语句 、 形容词谓语句 、 名词谓语句 、 主谓谓语句 、 主谓 、 何谓 、 谓言 、 主谓短语 、 罗谓娑迦遮延 、 意谓 、 谓词 、 无谓

Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷三 Scroll 3	237
Book of Later Han 《後漢書》	卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2	174
Book of Later Han 《後漢書》	卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng	129
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷十一 Scroll 11	126
Er Ya 《爾雅》	《釋器》 Explanation of Utensils	120
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷十八 Scroll 18	116
Book of Later Han 《後漢書》	卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1	112
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	昭公 Lord Zhao	108
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	襄公 Lord Xiang	108
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷五 Scroll 5	108

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
君子谓	君子謂	君子謂	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 隱公 Lord Yin	9
不可谓	不可謂	無別不可謂禮	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi	7
使谓	使謂	使謂楚文王曰	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 莊公 Lord Zhang	5
谓君	謂君	其謂君撫小民以信	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 桓公 Lord Huan	4
时谓	時謂	時謂巫風	Book of Documents 《尚書》 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi	4
人谓	人謂	晉人謂之鄂侯	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 隱公 Lord Yin	4
谓礼	謂禮	子父不奸之謂禮	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi	3
谓子	謂子	秦伯謂子桑	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi	3
伯谓	伯謂	秦伯謂郤芮曰	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi	3
帝谓	帝謂	帝謂文王	The Book of Songs 《詩經》 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi	3