Meaning
crooked; give up; indeed; to commission
Chinese: 委托、委屈或曲折。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “wei” becomes a different word in each tone. 委 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 委托wěi tuōto entrust; to trust; to commission
- 委屈wěi quto feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance
- 委员wěi yuáncommittee member
- 委员会wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission
- 评委píng wěievaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator
Example Sentence
他被选为班委。Tā bèi xuǎn wéi bān wěi.He was elected as a class committee member.
他Tāhe被bèi(passive: by)选xuǎnto choose为wéifor班bānteam委wěito entrust。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
禾 (grain) over 女 (woman): grain bending and yielding — ‘to entrust, appoint, delegate; to throw away, abandon; winding, indirect (委婉); indeed (委实); a committee member (委员)’ (委托, 委员, 委屈).
A way to remember it
‘To entrust / appoint’; a committee member (委员): 委托.