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逶

wēi
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 逶迤) winding; meandering (of a road, river, or mountain range)

Examples

HSK 7-9
毛泽东诗云：「五岭逶迤腾细浪。」
Máo Zédōng shī yún ：「 Wǔlǐng wēiyí téng xìlàng 。」
Mao's poem writes: 'The Five Ridges wind on like rippling streams.'
HSK 7-9
山路逶迤不绝。
Shānlù wēiyí bù jué.
The mountain path wound on without end.

Tips

culture
Bound to 逶迤 - long and winding, used of rivers, roads and mountain ranges. Famous from Mao Zedong's line 五岭逶迤腾细浪 in his poem on the Long March.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
motion; to walk
The walking radical 辶 wraps the bottom-left and is written last. It marks movement along a path - here a road or range that winds on and on.
phonetic
委 wěi
to entrust; (here) sound
Inner part 委 supplies the sound (wēi from wěi); the same phonetic appears in 倭 and 矮.

Stroke Order

逶 wēi