魏 wèi

1. wèi proper noun Wei Dynasty
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Dynasty 朝代
   Notes: See 北魏 (CC-CEDICT '魏'; Kroll 2015 '魏' 3, p. 476; XHZD '魏' 2, p. 787)
2. wèi proper noun State of Wei
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: State 国
   Notes: One of the seven states of the Warring States Period (CC-CEDICT '魏'; Guoyu '魏' n 1; Kroll 2015 '魏' 2, p. 476; Unihan '魏'; XHZD '魏' 1, p. 787)
3. wèi proper noun Cao Wei
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: State 国
   Notes: (220-265) One of the states of the Three Kingdoms Period (CC-CEDICT '魏'; Guoyu '魏' n 2; Kroll 2015 '魏' 3, p. 476; XHZD '魏' 1, p. 787)
4. wéi adjective tall and big
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 巍 (Guoyu '魏' wéi adj; Kroll 2015 '魏' wéi 2, p. 476)
5. wèi proper noun Wei [surname]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '魏'; Guoyu '魏' n 3; Kroll 2015 '魏' 4, p. 476; Unihan '魏')
6. wèi noun a watchtower
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '魏'; Kroll 2015 '魏' 1, p. 476)
7. wèi noun a palace
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '魏' 1b, p. 476)
8. wéi verb to stand solitary and unmoving
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '魏' wéi 1, p. 476)

Contained in

• 围魏救赵(圍魏救趙) to besiege and rescue
• 魏晋南北朝(魏晉南北朝) Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties
• 心驰魏阙(心馳魏闕) mind looking from a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land
• 魏忠贤(魏忠賢) Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
• 阿魏 Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae
• 汉末魏初(漢末魏初) late Han and early Wei
• 魏然 to stand alone unmoved
• 心存魏阙(心存魏闕) mind dwelling in a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land
• 心瞻魏阙(心瞻魏闕) mind looking from a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land
• 魏晋(魏晉) Wei and Jin dynasties
• 魏阙(魏闕) a watchtower
• 心在魏阙(心在魏闕) mind in a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land

Also contained in

魏文成帝 、 魏孝文帝 、 魏秀仁 、 魏国 、 魏元帝 、 魏孝明 、 曹魏 、 魏孝庄帝 、 魏文侯 、 魏县 、 魏文帝 、 魏格纳 、 魏书 、 魏孝武帝 、 魏巍 、 魏征 、 拓跋魏 、 东魏 、 魏孝明帝 、 魏明帝 、 魏明元帝 、 魏源 、 魏京生 、 魏都 、 魏收 、 元魏 、 魏志 、 魏节闵帝 、 魏太武帝 、 魏德迈 、 西魏 、 魏晋玄学 、 魏伯阳 、 魏玛 、 魏惠王 、 魏献文帝 、 北魏 、 魏道武帝 、 魏都区

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 240
• 卷二十二　魏一 Chapter 22: Wei I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 237
• 卷二十四　魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 228
• 卷二十五　魏四 Chapter 25: Wei IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 204
• 卷六　秦四 Chapter 6: Qin IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 194
• 卷二十三　魏二 Chapter 23: Wei II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 154
• 《魏世家》 House of Wei Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 146
• 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 139
• 卷30　志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 123
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 119

Collocations

• 魏王 (魏王) 齊人淳于髡以從說魏王 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十二　道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way — count: 20
• 魏绛 (魏絳) 魏絳為司馬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 16
• 晋魏 (晉魏) 晉魏錡求 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 12
• 魏子 (魏子) 皆受縣而後見於魏子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 10
• 攻魏 (攻魏) 輟不攻魏 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九　脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 8
• 魏献 (魏獻) 因魏獻子以晝入絳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 魏曼 (魏曼) 魏曼多 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 7
• 魏舒 (魏舒) 范鞅逆魏舒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 魏犨 (魏犨) 魏犨為右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 韩魏 (韓魏) 韓魏以趙氏為請 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5