Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

speak of

Chinese: 说话。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “wei” becomes a different word in each tone. 谓 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 无所谓wú suǒ wèito be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
  • 可谓kě wèiit could even be said
  • 不谓bù wèicannot be deemed; unexpectedly
  • 主谓zhǔ wèi(linguistics) subject and predicate
  • 意谓yì wèito mean; meaning

Example Sentence

这个句子缺少了谓语。Zhè ge jù zi quē shǎo le wèi yǔ.This sentence is missing its predicate.

这个Zhè ge(pronoun) this句子jù zisentence缺少quē shǎolackle(completed action)谓语wèi yǔ(grammatical) predicate