(bound form) lofty; towering; high and large. Often used in compounds like 巍峨 wēi'é and 巍然 wēi​rán.

mountain; hill; range

The Yi ethnic group, an ethnic minority located primarily in Southwest China, such as in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces

The Hui ethnic group, a predominantly Muslim minority group living across China

an administrative division in China for ethnic minorities that is equivalent in rank to a regular county