谓 - wèi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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16 strokes
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謂 (谓)

wèi

Definition

to speak
to say
to name
to designate
meaning
sense

Character Decomposition

Related words (15)

謂詞

wèi cí

predicate (in logic and grammar)

謂語

wèi yǔ

(grammatical) predicate

不謂

bù wèi

cannot be deemed; unexpectedly

何謂

hé wèi

(lit.) what is?; what is the meaning of?

可謂

kě wèi

it could even be said

to mean; meaning

so-called; what is called

無謂

wú wèi

pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily

稱謂

chēng wèi

title; appellation; form of address

主賓謂

zhǔ bīn wèi

subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)

主謂句

zhǔ wèi jù

subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause

主謂賓

zhǔ wèi bīn

subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)

無所謂

wú suǒ wèi

no matter what; to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be; cannot be called; not make much of

see 一之為甚

subject-predicate construction

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