wěi

  1. wěi adverb yes
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (FE 2 '唯' 1; Guoyu '唯' wěi; Kroll 2015 '唯' wěi, p. 472; Unihan '唯'; XHZD '唯' 3)
  2. wéi adverb only; alone
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 唯 is used adverbially in this sense in the Literary Chinese (FE 1 '唯' 1; Guoyu '唯' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '唯' 1, p. 471; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 131-132; Unihan '唯'; XHZD '唯' 1)
  3. wěi particle yea
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Initial particle (Kroll 2015 '唯' 1a, p. 471)
  4. wěi adverb obediently
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 听从 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' adv 4)
  5. wěi adverb hopefully
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 希望 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' adv 3)
  6. wéi adverb repeatedly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 又 in this sense.
  7. wéi adverb still
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 还 in this sense (XHZD '唯' 2)
  8. wěi adverb hopefully
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: At the beginning of a sentence.
  9. wěi conjunction and
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A coordinating conjunction, synomomous with 和 in this sense.
  10. wěi conjunction then
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A subordinating conjunction, synomomous with 则 in this sense.
  11. wěi conjunction even if
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A subordinating conjunction, synomomous with 虽然 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' conj; Kroll 2015 '唯' 2, p. 471)
  12. wěi preposition because
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synomomous with 由于 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' adv 2)
  13. wěi particle used before year, month, or day
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文

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