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位

wèi · wei

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Meaning

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  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
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In a conversation

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  1. Qiqi

    欢迎光临(huānyíngguānglín)，请问(qǐngwèn)几(jǐ)位(wèi)？

    Welcome. How many people?

  2. Dengdeng

    三(sān)位(wèi)。

    Three.

  3. Qiqi

    好的(hǎode)，三(sān)位(wèi)这边(zhèbiān)请(qǐng)。

    Okay, three people, this way please.

  4. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，我们(wǒmen)只有(zhǐyǒu)两(liǎng)位(wèi)。

    Dengdeng, there are only two of us.

  5. Dengdeng

    啊(a)？我(wǒ)把(bǎ)自己(zìjǐ)算(suàn)了(le)两次(liǎngcì)！

    Huh? I counted myself twice!

  6. Qiqi

    没关系(méiguānxi)，两(liǎng)位(wèi)这边(zhèbiān)请(qǐng)。

    No problem, two people, this way please.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)是(shì)位(wèi)了(liǎo)不(bu)起(qǐ)的(de)女(nǚ)性(xìng)。

You're a wonderful woman.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)朋(péng)友(you)的(de)父(fù)亲(qīn)是(shì)位(wèi)有(yǒu)名(míng)的(de)作(zuò)家(jiā)。

My friend's father is a famous novelist.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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