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wèi

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English Definition	position; location; place; seat; measure word for people (honorific); measure word for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
Simplified Script	位
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	wèi
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	wai²
Part of Speech	(量) measure word
Topical Word Lists	Part of food/restaurant
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=2 TOCFL=1

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Words With Same Head Word
位子	wèizi	place; seat
位置	wèizhi	position; place; seat
位于	wèiyú	to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
位居	wèijū	to be located at
位列	wèiliè	to rank

Words With Same Tail Word
座位	zuòwèi	seat
订位	dìngwèi	to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation
地位	dìwèi	position; status; place
各位	gèwèi	everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
单位	dānwèi	unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

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