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Meaning of 桅

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桅
Pinyin: wéi
English Definition: mast
Chinese Definition:
①竖立于船的甲板上的长杆,用来挂帆悬旗或兼做吊杆柱等:桅杆。桅樯(桅杆)。船桅。
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 木
Pictophonetic:危 indicates the sound; 木 (wood) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • 危 [ wēi ] dangerous, precarious; high
Similar Characters: 恑 跪 诡 脆
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Example Words
桅杆 wéi gān mast
桅竿 wéi gān ship mast; mast; also written 桅杆
前桅 qián wéi foremast
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Example Sentences
1
尾桅占据了船尾的空间
Mizzenmast takes up space in stern
2
你们的居室不应是锚
,
而应是桅
。
Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast.
3
一面通常是三角形的帆
,
安装在帆船的前桅支索上
。
A usually triangular sail attached to the forestay or headstay of a sailboat.
4
后桅从地板上穿出
,
一张阔大的
4
乘
6
的海图桌踞于房间的中间
。
The mizzenmast came up through the floor and a large 4 x 6 chart table sat in the middle of the room.
5
只有在裘恩兹海滩上发现的破碎主桅是她遭遇可怕命运的明证
。
Only the shattered remains of its top-mast were found on a Guernsey beach as evidence of its terrible fate.