小薇

Xiǎowēi

proper noun #32,764

Meanings

1 Xiaowei (common Chinese girl's nickname / given name)
2 Little Wei
3 title of a popular 2000 Mandopop hit by Huáng Pǐnyuán (黄品源)

Characters

small; young; affectionate prefix

rose; fern; vetch (often used in feminine names)

Examples

HSK 2

小薇是我女朋友的小名。

Xiǎowēi shì wǒ nǚpéngyǒu de xiǎomíng.

Xiaowei is my girlfriend's nickname.

HSK 4

《小薇》是九十年代很火的一首歌。

《 Xiǎowēi 》 shì jiǔshí niándài hěn huǒ de yī shǒu gē.

'Xiaowei' was a hit song from the late 90s.

Tips

culture

小 ('little/young') + 薇 ('rose/fern') is a common affectionate name for a girl whose full given name contains 薇. The 2000 Mandopop song 《小薇》 (Xiao Wei) by 黄品源 (Huang Pin-yuan) - chorus 'There's a beautiful little girl, her name is Xiao Wei' - turned the nickname into a karaoke staple across the Chinese-speaking world.

In Pop Culture

《小薇》《 Xiǎowēi 》

Xiao Wei

Mandopop song by Huang Pin-yuan (2000) - one of the defining karaoke ballads of early-2000s Greater China.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo

薇 wēi