Pinyin "wei4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "wei4" is split up into two parts: "w" and "ei4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "w"
Wu is for Willy Walrus.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ei4"
In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom.
Characters pronounced wei4
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet / surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces
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not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
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taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
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stomach / CL:個|个[ge4]
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variant of 為|为[wei4]
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because of / for / to
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position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
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tower over a palace gateway (old)
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surname Wei / name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
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to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense
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to fear
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hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
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variant of 餵|喂[wei4]
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military officer
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surname Wei
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to comfort / to console / to reassure
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