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

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
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 108
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 108

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
• 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
• 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
• 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: 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
• 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