唯 wěi
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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) -
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) -
wěi
particle
yea
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Initial particle (Kroll 2015 '唯' 1a, p. 471) -
wěi
adverb
obediently
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synomomous with 听从 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' adv 4) -
wěi
adverb
hopefully
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synomomous with 希望 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' adv 3) -
wéi
adverb
repeatedly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synomomous with 又 in this sense. -
wéi
adverb
still
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synomomous with 还 in this sense (XHZD '唯' 2) -
wěi
adverb
hopefully
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: At the beginning of a sentence. -
wěi
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A coordinating conjunction, synomomous with 和 in this sense. -
wěi
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A subordinating conjunction, synomomous with 则 in this sense. -
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) -
wěi
preposition
because
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synomomous with 由于 in this sense (Guoyu '唯' adv 2) -
wěi
particle
used before year, month, or day
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 唯恐 for fear that; lest
- 唯唯诺诺(唯唯諾諾) to be a yes-man
- 唯有 only; alone
- 唯有业随身(唯有業隨身) only karma will follows
- 唯心论(唯心論) idealism
- 唯意志论(唯意志論) voluntarism
- 唯一 only; sole
- 唯物论(唯物論) materialism
- 实践是检验真理的唯一标准(實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準) Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth
- 唯一性 uniqueness
- 唯然 only; uniquely ; it is so
- 若且唯若 if and only if
- 唯心主义(唯心主義) idealism
- 唯理论(唯理論) (philosophy) rationalism
- 唯象 phenomenological
- 唯妙唯肖 portrayed in a clever manner
- 唯美 aesthetics
- 唯命是从(唯命是從) to follow obediently
- 任人唯贤(任人唯賢) to appoint people according to their merit; appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
- 唯饭(唯飯) fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
- 唯象理论(唯象理論) phenomenology
- 唯粉 fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
- 辩证唯物主义(辯證唯物主義) dialectical materialism
- 唯物 materialistic
- 任人唯亲(任人唯親) to appoint people by favoritism; nepotism; corrupt appointment
- 非唯 to be not merely; to be not only
- 唯独(唯獨) only; alone
- 毒唯 fan of one particular member of a pop idol band who denigrates and defames the other members
- 客观唯心主义(客觀唯心主義) objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)
- 历史唯物主义(歷史唯物主義) historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
- 唯物主义(唯物主義) materialism
- 唯恐天下不乱(唯恐天下不亂) to wish for the whole world to be in chaos
- 唯利是图(唯利是圖) to seek nothing but profit; personal profit before everything; self-seeking
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 47
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 43
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 32
- 卷12 志第7 禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 22
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 21
- 卷五十四 列傳第四十二: 孫騰 高隆之 司馬子如 竇泰 尉景 婁昭 厙狄干 韓軌 段榮 斛律金 Volume 54 Biographies 42: Sun Teng, Gao Longzhi, Sima Ziru, Doutai, Wei Jing, Lou Zhao, She Digan, Han Gui, Duan Rong, Hu Lujin History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 17
- 卷九十二 列傳第八十: 恩幸 Volume 92 Biographies 80: Noble Favorites History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 16
- 卷32 志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 16
- 定公 Lord Ding The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 16
- 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16