位居

Chinese

		position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat	reside
simp. and trad. (位居)		位	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèijū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ geoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-kî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi-ku / ūi-kir / ūi-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèijū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèijyu
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: wèi-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjiu
    • Palladius: вэйцзюй (vɛjczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ geoi¹
    • Yale: waih gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-ku
    • Tâi-lô: uī-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixkw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-kir
    • Tâi-lô: uī-kir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻²² kɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-ki
    • Tâi-lô: uī-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixky
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/

Verb

位居

1. to be located (at); to be positioned (at); to hold the position (of)

   • 今位居王爵，鎮守三秦，遇一胯夫，反乃閉門受其辱耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今位居王爵，镇守三秦，遇一胯夫，反乃闭门受其辱耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 甄偉, 西漢通俗演義

     Jīn wèijū wángjué, zhènshǒu sān Qín, yù yī kuàfū, fǎn nǎi bìmén shòu qí rǔ yé? [Pinyin]

     Now I have been established in a princely rank to take charge of the three Qins. When I encounter a man who has crawled under a crotch (Han Xin), I have to shut the door and suffer disgrace instead?

Synonyms

• 地處／地处 (dìchǔ)
• 位於／位于 (wèiyú)
• 坐落 (zuòluò)