尉
尉
wèi
military officer
Character Breakdown
Radical: 寸 (no. 41)
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- military officer
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Words Containing 尉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 上尉 | shàng wèi | captain (military rank) | |
| 中尉 | zhōng wèi | lieutenant (navy) | |
| 大尉 | dà wèi | captain (army rank) | |
| 尉氏 | Wèi shì | Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan | |
| 尉犁 | Yù lí | Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang | |
| 尉缭 | Wèi Liáo | Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy | |
| 尉迟 | Yù chí | surname Yuchi | |
| 少尉 | shào wèi | second lieutenant (army rank) | |
| 廷尉 | tíng wèi | Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] | |
| 校尉 | xiào wèi | military officer |
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Related Words
将军(jiāng jūn)· general
→士官(shì guān)· warrant officer
→将领(jiàng lǐng)· high-ranking military officer
→三大纪律八项注意(Sān Dà Jì lǜ Bā Xiàng Zhù yì)· the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
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