Measure word
- 位 wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2... attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 14 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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人体能够快速地适应气温的转变。
The body quickly adjusts itself to changes in temperature.
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他努力学习，为的是能够考上大学。
He studied hard in order to get into college.
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你是唯一一个能够帮我的人。
You're the only one who can help me.
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只有和平能够拯救世界。
Only peace can save the world.
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因为保险公司的需要，我能够留下您的姓名，您的地址和您的电话号码么？
Could I write down your name, address and phone number, for the insurance company?
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如果没有了水，没有人能够在地球上生存。
If it were not for water, no one could live on earth.
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尽管语言和习俗不同，大家还是能够成为朋友。
Despite different languages and cultures, everyone still became friends.
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希望我们能够保持联络吧。
I hope we will be able to keep in touch.