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位wèimeasure word for people (polite)

Theme
Measure words
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
7
Syllable
wei

How 位 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

位 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

请坐在这位先生旁边。

Qǐng zuò zài zhè wèi xiānshēng pángbiān.

Please sit next to this gentleman.

  • 请qǐngto ask
  • 坐zuòto sit; to travel by
  • 在zàito be at; in
  • 这zhèthis
  • 位wèimeasure word for people (polite)
  • 先生xiānshēngMr; sir
  • 旁边pángbiānbeside

那位老师很有名。

Nà wèi lǎoshī hěn yǒumíng.

That teacher is very well known.

  • 那nàthat
  • 位wèimeasure word for people (polite)
  • 老师lǎoshīteacher
  • 很hěnvery
  • 有名yǒumíngfamous

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 喂
  • 为
  • 胃