维 - wéi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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14 strokes
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維 (维)

wéi

Definition

to preserve
to maintain
to hold together
dimension
vitamin (abbr. for 維生素)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

羅

luó

gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift

濰

wéi

name of a river

Related words (76)

維修

wéi xiū

maintenance (of equipment); to maintain; to service; to (keep in good) repair; repairing; to fix; to protect and maintain

peacekeeping

wiki (Internet)

dimension (math.); dimensionality

維護

wéi hù

to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain

維持

wéi chí

to keep; to maintain; to preserve

維數

wéi shù

(math.) dimension; dimensionality

維新

wéi xīn

(political) reform; revitalization; modernization

維權

wéi quán

to defend (legal) rights

abbr. for 維持生活

to maintain social stability

vascular

to maintain; to keep up; to hold together

維綸

wéi lún

vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword)

vitamin (loanword)

maintenance area

see 維綸

maintenance costs

the reformist faction

vitamin

vascular bundle (botany)

vascular column

to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life

to uphold peace

to affirm the original sentence (law)

維持生活

wéi chí shēng huó

to subsist; to eke out a living; to keep body and soul together

維權人士

wéi quán rén shì

civil rights activist

維管束植物

wéi guǎn shù zhí wù

vascular plants; tracheophytes (botany)

一維

yī wéi

one-dimensional (math.)

三維

sān wéi

three dimensional; 3D

two-dimensional

low dimensional (math.)

四維

sì wéi

the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional

多維

duō wéi

multidimensional; abbr. for 多種維生素, multivitamin

思維

sī wéi

(line of) thought; thinking

fiber

(math.) higher dimensional

原纖維

yuán xiān wéi

fibril; protofilament

無維度

wú wéi dù

dimensionless (math.)

carbon fiber

(Taiwan) public order laws; abbr. of 社會秩序維護法|社会秩序维护法

fiber bundle (math.)

fibrous

cellulose

viscose

muscle fiber

high fiber

(Timothy) McVeigh

three-dimensional space; 3D

中間纖維

zhōng jiān xiān wéi

intermediate filament

synthetic fiber

optical fiber

synthetic fiber; chemical fiber

synthetic fiber

four dimensional space-time (in relativity)

四維空間

sì wéi kōng jiān

four dimensional space (math.)

natural fiber

quick-witted; agile of mind

抽象思維

chōu xiàng sī wéi

abstract thought; logical thinking

coconut fiber; coir

fiberglass; glass fiber

carbon chain fiber

neurofibril

fibromyalgia

fibrous protein

polyester fiber

myofibril

collagen fiber

hyperspace; superspace; higher dimensional space

醋酸纖維

cù suān xiān wéi

cellulose acetate (used for film and fiber)

高維空間

gāo wéi kōng jiān

(math.) higher dimensional space

多種維生素

duō zhǒng wéi shēng sù

multivitamin

神經纖維瘤

shén jīng xiān wéi liú

neurofibroma

纖維囊泡症

xiān wéi náng pào zhèng

cystic fibrosis

高維代數簇

gāo wéi dài shù cù

(math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety

中密度纖維板

zhōng mì dù xiān wéi bǎn

medium-density fiberboard (MDF); abbr. to medium-density fiberboard (MDF); abbr. to 中纖板|中纤板[zhong1 xian1 ban3]

Idioms (4)

舉步維艱

jǔ bù wéi jiān

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

咸與維新

xián yù wéi xīn

everyone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new; to reform and start afresh

步履維艱

bù lǚ wéi jiān

to have difficulty walking (idiom); to walk with difficulty

進退維谷

jìn tuì wéi gǔ

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation

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