委
wěiwēiWěi HSK5

bent, winding

委 wěi frequency
entrust abbreviation
to entrust or delegate; also refers to a committee member or council

经理委派他去处理那桩紧急的事务。

jīng​lǐ wěi pài tā qù chǔ​lǐ nà zhuāng jǐn​jí de shì​wù.

The manager appointed him to handle that urgent matter.

discard expression
to cast aside, abandon, or shift blame and responsibility onto others

不能把自己犯的错误委过于人。

bù néng bǎ zì​jǐ fàn de cuò​wù wěi guò​yú rén.

One shouldn't shift the blame for their own mistakes onto others.

end noun
the end or conclusion of a matter; to accumulate

你应该把事情的原委告诉大家。

nǐ yīng​gāi bǎ shì​qing de yuán wěi gào​su dà​jiā.

You should tell everyone the whole story of what happened.

indirect adjective
winding or roundabout; appearing dejected or listless

山路十分委曲，顺着山势蜿蜒而上。

shān​lù shí​fēn wěi qū, shùn​zhe shān​shì wān​yán ér shàng.

The mountain path is very winding, snaking up along the slopes.

actually abbreviation
actually, certainly, or indeed

这件工作委实不容易完成。

zhè jiàn gōng​zuò wěi​shí bù róng​yì wán​chéng.

This task is indeed not easy to complete.

委 wēi
winding idiom
used in 委 wēi蛇 yí

他表面上客客气气，实际上是在虚与委蛇。

tā biǎo​miàn​shang kè​kè​qì​qì, shí​jì​shang shì zài xū​yǔ​wēi​yí.

On the surface he was polite, but in reality, he was just playing along.

委 Wěi
surname proper name
surname Wei

委先生是这家公司的创始人。

Wěi xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de chuàng​shǐ​rén.

Mr. Wei is the founder of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
457th most common 466.5 per million
Movie subtitles
970th most common 110.7 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
107.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+59D4

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