委 - wěi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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委

wěi

Definition

to entrust
to cast aside
to shift (blame etc)
to accumulate
roundabout
winding
dejected
listless
committee member
council
end
actually
certainly

Other pronunciations

wēi

curved
same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

魏

wèi

tower over a palace gateway (old)

矮

ǎi

low; short (in length)

倭

wō

dwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)

萎

wěi

to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]

atrophy

winding, curving; swagger

strings of cap

to shirk; to give excuses

踒

wō

to slip and sprain a limb

Related words (60)

to appoint

committee member; committee; council

to outsource

tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft

委實

wěi shí

indeed; really (very much so)

委屈

wěi qu

to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance

委託

wěi tuō

to entrust; to trust; to commission

委曲

wěi qū

sinuous; devious; full details of a story; to stoop

to appoint

to give oneself wholly to; to put oneself at sb's service; (of a woman) to give one's body to; to marry

委靡

wěi mǐ

dispirited; depressed

委任書

wěi rèn shū

letter of appointment

committee

head of a committee

euphemism

euphemism

commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization; warrant

委托人

wěi tuō rén

(law) client; trustor

委任統治

wěi rèn tǒng zhì

mandate (territory administration)

to feel aggrieved

to accept a compromise

committee meeting

committee chairperson

加委

jiā wěi

to ratify (an election, by higher authority); confirmation (by higher committee)

the whole story

prefectural Party committee

working committee

municipal committee

member of standing committee

政委

zhèng wěi

political commissar (within the army)

省委

shěng wěi

provincial Party committee

立委

lì wěi

abbr. for 立法委員會; abbr. for 立法委員

紀委

jì wěi

discipline inspection commission

組委

zǔ wěi

organizational committee; abbr. for 組織委員會|组织委员会

評委

píng wěi

judge(s); evaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator; abbr. for 評選委員會委員

部委

bù wěi

ministries and commissions

勞委會

láo wěi huì

labor committee; abbr. for 勞動委員會|劳动委员会

居委會

jū wěi huì

neighbourhood committee

standing committee

executive committee

village committee

welfare committee; abbr. for 福利委員會|福利委员会

organizing committee

regulatory commission; abbr. for 管理委員會

證券委

zhèng quàn wěi

securities commission; abbr. for 證券委員會|证券委员会

國務委員

guó wù wěi yuán

member of State Council (in China)

政治委員

zhèng zhì wěi yuán

political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)

立委選舉

lì wěi xuǎn jǔ

legislative elections

立法委員

lì fǎ wěi yuán

member of the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)

小組委員會

xiǎo zǔ wěi yuán huì

subcommittee

工作委員會

gōng zuò wěi yuán huì

working committee

常務委員會

cháng wù wěi yuán huì

standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress)

school board

legislative committee

管理委員會

guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì

regulatory commission (e.g. regulating employment, financial services etc)

組織委員會

zǔ zhī wěi yuán huì

organizing committee; abbr. to 組委|组委

證券委員會

zhèng quàn wěi yuán huì

securities commission (of the State Council)

選舉委員會

xuǎn jǔ wěi yuán huì

election committee

鑒定委員會

jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì

evaluation committee; review board

中共中央紀委監察部

zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì wěi jiān chá bù

party discipline committee

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