尉

officer, military rank; surname Wei; military officer; used in 尉遲|尉迟[Yu4 chi2]; used in 尉犁[Yu4 li2] (the name of a place in Xinjiang)

Strokes
11
Pinyin
wèi, yù

Parts

Built from 尉

Words with 尉

  1. 上尉shàng wèi · shangweicaptain (military rank)
  2. 中尉zhōng wèi · zhongweilieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern
  3. 大尉dà wèi · daweicaptain (army rank); senior captain
  4. 尉缭wèi liáo · weiliaoWei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy
  5. 尉迟yù chí · yuchitwo-character surname Yuchi
  6. 少尉shào wèi · shaoweisecond lieutenant (army rank)
  7. 廷尉tíng wèi · tingweichief judicial officer in imperial China
  8. 校尉xiào wèi · xiaoweimilitary officer
  9. 卫尉wèi wèi · weiweicommander of the imperial guards
  10. 都尉dū wèi · duweimilitary rank
  11. 尉氏县wèi shì xiàn · weishixianWeishi, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan
  12. 尉犁县yù lí xiàn · yulixianYuli, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
  13. 尉缭子wèi liáo zi · weiliaoziWei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wei4 Liao2] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
  14. 尉迟恭yù chí gōng · yuchigongGeneral Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
  15. 骑都尉qí dū wèi · qiduwei(archaic) cavalry commandant; cavalry captain
  16. 摸金校尉mō jīn xiào wèi · mojinxiaowei(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider
  17. 陆军中尉lù jūn zhōng wèi · lujunzhongweilieutenant

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