位
wèi HSK2

position

位 wèi
[polite person] measure word
A polite way to count people, such as guests or teachers.

我们太感谢您二位了。

wǒ​men tài gǎn​xiè nín èr wèi le.

We're so grateful to you both.

我从来不是位好老师。

wǒ cóng​lái bù shì wèi hǎo lǎo​shī.

I was never a good teacher.

position nounmeasure word
(bound form) position; place; location; seat; rank; status

我会把健康放在第一位。

wǒ huì bǎ jiàn​kāng fàng zài dì​yī wèi.

I will put health first.

to be located verb
(literary) To be situated at; to be located in.
digit measure word
(bound form) The position of a digit in a number, such as the units place or tens place; bit (binary).

你的房间里有一幅价值七位数的画。

nǐ de fáng​jiān li yǒu yī fú jià​zhí qī wèi shù de huà.

There's a seven-figure painting in your room.

我不记得最后四位数了。

wǒ bu jì de zuì​hòu sì wèi shù le.

I don't remember the last four digits.

standard noun
(bound form) a standard; a unit of measurement or value
throne nounverb
(bound form) Specifically refers to the position or status of a monarch or emperor.
Wei
a Chinese surname
potential
(physics) potential, such as potential energy or voltage

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Frequency
Character
Written text
182nd most common 1111.0 per million
Movie subtitles
251st most common 670.9 per million appears in 90% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
487.9 per million appears in 71% of films
Written text
771.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F4D

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)