Wei
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).
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Proper nounEdit
Wei
- (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
- (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
- (historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
- 1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, William Schultz, editor, Li Ho[1], Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, LCCN 78-31946, OCLC 474970896, OL 4738780M, page 59:
- After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.
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Etymology 2Edit
From Mandarin Chinese 衞 (Wèi).
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Proper nounEdit
Wei
AnagramsEdit
German Low GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon *hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai.
NounEdit
Wei f (no plural)
Derived termsEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German wīhī. Cognate with German Weihe.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Wei f (plural Weien)
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Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare German Wein, Dutch wijn, English wine.
NounEdit
Wei m
Sathmar SwabianEdit
NounEdit
Wei m
ReferencesEdit
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)