谓 (謂) wèi
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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 2015 '謂' 3; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 33-34). -
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 2015 '謂' 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 33). -
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 2015 '謂' 1) -
wèi
verb
to treat as / to regard as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '謂' 4) -
wèi
verb
introducing a condition situation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '謂' 5) -
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 2015 '謂' 1) -
wèi
verb
to think
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 认为 or 以为 (Guoyu '謂' v 6) -
wèi
verb
for / is to be
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 是 or 为 (Guoyu '謂' v 7) -
wèi
verb
to make / to cause
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 使 or 让 (Guoyu '謂' v 8) -
wèi
preposition
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 与、和 (Guoyu '謂' prep) -
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) -
wèi
proper noun
Wei
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '謂' n 2)
Contained in
- 何谓(何謂) what is the meaning of? ; why? ; what are you saying? ; what?
- 可谓(可謂) it could even be said
- 无谓(無謂) for no reason / pointless
- 主谓谓语句(主謂謂語句) a sentence with a subject-predicate phrase as the predicate
- 主谓结构(主謂結構) subject-predicate construction
- 非主谓句(非主謂句) a non subject-predicate sentence
- 名词谓语句(名詞謂語句) a sentence with an nominal predicate
- 勿谓言之不预(勿謂言之不預) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
- 谓言(謂言) to say ; to believe / to think
- 动词谓语句(動詞謂語句) a sentence with a verbal predicate
- 谓词(謂詞) predicate
- 形容词谓语句(形容詞謂語句) a sentence with an adjectival predicate
- 意谓(意謂) to mean
- 称谓(稱謂) a title / an appellation / a form of address ; to address ; to be called ; to commend / to praise
- 主谓宾(主謂賓) subject-verb-object SVO
- 主谓词组(主謂詞組) a subject-predicate phrase
- 无所谓(無所謂) to be indifferent / to not matter
- 不谓(不謂) cannot be deemed / unexpectedly
- 主谓句(主謂句) a subject-predicate sentence
- 所谓(所謂) so-called
- 主宾谓(主賓謂) subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 237
- 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 175
- 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 129
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 127
- 《釋器》 Explanation of Utensils Er Ya 爾雅 — count: 120
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 116
- 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 112
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 108
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 108
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 106
Collocations
- 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 — count: 8
- 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 — count: 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 — count: 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 — count: 4
- 时谓 (時謂) 時謂巫風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi — count: 4
- 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 — count: 3
- 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 — count: 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 — count: 3
- 谓文王 (謂文王) 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 — count: 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 — count: 3