| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 魏 | 魏 | wèi | Wei4 | tower over a palace gateway (old); surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操 , one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods | ||
| 2 | 魏晋 | 魏晉 | wèi jìn | Wei4 Jin4 | Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties | ||
| 3 | 北魏 | 北魏 | běi wèi | Bei3 Wei4 | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑 | ||
| 4 | 魏征 | 魏徵 | wèi zhēng | Wei4 Zheng1 | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋书 | ||
| 5 | 魏都 | 魏都 | wèi dū | Wei4 du1 | Weidu district of Xuchang city 许昌市 , Henan | ||
| 6 | 魏文帝 | 魏文帝 | wèi wén dì | Wei4 Wen2 di4 | Cao Pi 曹丕 , emperor of Wei 220-226 | ||
| 7 | 魏巍 | 魏巍 | wèi wēi | Wei4 Wei1 | Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 东方 about the Korean war | ||
| 8 | 魏书 | 魏書 | wèi shū | Wei4 shu1 | History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 , 114 scrolls | ||
| 9 | 西魏 | 西魏 | xī wèi | Xi1 Wei4 | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | ||
| 10 | 魏玛 | 魏瑪 | wèi mǎ | Wei4 ma3 | Weimar | ||
| 11 | 魏京生 | 魏京生 | wèi jīng shēng | Wei4 Jing1 sheng1 | Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 | ||
| 12 | 魏晋南北朝 | 魏晉南北朝 | wèi jìn nán běi cháo | Wei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2 | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui | ||
| 13 | 魏国 | 魏國 | wèi guó | Wei4 guo2 | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄 ; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms | ||
| 14 | 魏格纳 | 魏格納 | wèi gé nà | Wei4 ge2 na4 | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift | ||
| 15 | 魏都区 | 魏都區 | wèi dū qū | Wei4 du1 qu1 | Weidu district of Xuchang city 许昌市 , Henan | ||
| 16 | 阿魏 | 阿魏 | ā wèi | a1 wei4 | Ferula resin (used in TCM); Resina Ferulae | ||
| 17 | 魏德迈 | 魏德邁 | wèi dé mài | Wei4 de2 mai4 | Wedemeyer (name); Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander | ||
| 18 | 魏伯阳 | 魏伯陽 | wèi bó yáng | Wei4 Bo2 yang2 | Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist | ||
| 19 | 围魏救赵 | 圍魏救趙 | wéi wèi jiù zhào | wei2 Wei4 jiu4 Zhao4 | lit. to besiege 魏 (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers | ||
| 20 | 拓跋魏 | 拓跋魏 | tuò bá wèi | Tuo4 ba2 Wei4 | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) | ||
| 21 | 生张熟魏 | 生張熟魏 | shēng zhāng shú wèi | sheng1 zhang1 shu2 wei4 | promiscuous; unacquainted with each other (idiom) | ||
| 22 | 后魏 | 後魏 | hòu wèi | Hou4 Wei4 | Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 | ||
| 23 | 汉末魏初 | 漢末魏初 | hàn mò wèi chū | Han4 mo4 Wei4 chu1 | late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD); late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) | ||
| 24 | 东魏 | 東魏 | dōng wèi | Dong1 Wei4 | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | ||
| 25 | 曹魏 | 曹魏 | cáo wèi | Cao2 Wei4 | Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 , son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 |
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