唯
wéiwěi HSK5

only

唯 wéi frequency
-ism noun
a prefix used in philosophical terms to denote a specific doctrine or theory

他是唯物主义的坚定信徒。

tā shì wéi wù zhǔ​yì de jiān​dìng xìn​tú.

He is a firm believer in materialism.

only idiom
only, alone, or solely

他是个没有主见的人，对上司的话唯命是从。

tā shì gè méi​yǒu zhǔ​jiàn de rén, duì shàng​si de huà wéi​mìng​shì​cóng.

He has no mind of his own and is completely subservient to his boss.

唯 wěi
yes adverb

曾子曰：‘唯。’

Zēng​zǐ yuē:‘wěi.’

Master Zeng said, 'Yes.'

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,094th most common 134.6 per million
Movie subtitles
663rd most common 201.8 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
37.1 per million appears in 16% of films
Written text
119.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+552F

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