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Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
wéi - abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2wu2er3]
- surname Wei
wéi - to preserve
- to maintain
- to hold together
- dimension
- vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 31,301 11,372

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo