位 (wèi)
polite measure word for people/position/location/seat
How 位 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 位
- Simplified
- 位 (unchanged)
Components
- 亻 human
- 立 stand erect
Common words using 位
- 位置 wèizhi
- position; place; seat
- 各位 gèwèi
- everybody (a term of address)
- 位子 wèizi
- place; seat
- 全方位 quánfāngwèi
- all around; omni-directional; complete
- 到位 dàowèi
- to get to the intended location; to be in place; to be in position
- 品位 pǐnwèi
- rank; grade; quality
- 單位 dānwèi
- a unit; unit (of measure); work unit (one's workplace)
- 地位 dìwèi
- position; status; place
- 定位 dìngwèi
- position; location; localization
- 崗位 gǎngwèi
- a post; a job
- 座位 zuòwèi
- seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 職位 zhíwèi
- post; office; position
位 in a sentence
請問你們一共有幾位要用餐？
Qǐngwèn nǐmen yígòng yǒu jǐ wèi yào yòngcān?
“May I ask how many of you will be dining?”
How common is 位?
位 is the 182nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 53.8% of all running text.
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