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
- 上尉shàng wèi · shangweicaptain (military rank)
- 中尉zhōng wèi · zhongweilieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern
- 大尉dà wèi · daweicaptain (army rank); senior captain
- 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
- 尉迟yù chí · yuchitwo-character surname Yuchi
- 少尉shào wèi · shaoweisecond lieutenant (army rank)
- 廷尉tíng wèi · tingweichief judicial officer in imperial China
- 校尉xiào wèi · xiaoweimilitary officer
- 卫尉wèi wèi · weiweicommander of the imperial guards
- 都尉dū wèi · duweimilitary rank
- 尉氏县wèi shì xiàn · weishixianWeishi, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan
- 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
- 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)
- 尉迟恭yù chí gōng · yuchigongGeneral Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
- 骑都尉qí dū wèi · qiduwei(archaic) cavalry commandant; cavalry captain
- 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
- 陆军中尉lù jūn zhōng wèi · lujunzhongweilieutenant