Wei is a
Chinese given name. The form 伟 (wěi in
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
) is the most common Chinese given name, accounting for approximately 0.5% of Chinese people.
Possible writings
Wei can be written using different
Chinese characters
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and can mean:
As a masculine name:
*威, "power"
*巍, "lofty"
*伟, "great"
*卫，"guard"
As a feminine name:
* 薇, "rose"
* 微, "small"
Unisex:
*唯, "only"
*未，"future"
*巍, "lofty"
List of people with the given name Wei
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Wei Wei (韦唯), Chinese singer
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Tang Wei
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(湯唯), Chinese actress
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Dou Wei (竇唯), Chinese singer and songwriter
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Son Wei (孫暐), Japanese fashion model (of Chinese origin)
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Wei Chen (journalist)
Wei Chen is a Canadian television and radio journalist. Born in Taiwan, she started her career with stations in
London and Hamilton. She has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before moving to ''Canada AM'', the morning show at the ...
, Canadian television and radio journalist
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Wei Chen (singer), Chinese singer
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Shen Wei
Shen Wei () is a Chinese-American choreographer, painter, and director who resides in New York City. Widely recognized for his defining vision of an intercultural and interdisciplinary mode of movement-based performance, Shen Wei creates origin ...
(沈瑋), Chinese artist and photographer
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Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei (; born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, businesswoman, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, an ...
, Chinese film actress and pop singer, sometimes referred to by her English name, Vicki Zhao
*Wei (stage name), Korean rapper from the k-pop group "up10tion"
Fictional characters
* Wei, a character from ''
The Lingo Show
''The Lingo Show'' is a British flash animation, flash animated children's television series created by Nicole Seymour, produced by the BBC and animated by Dinamo Productions for BBC's CBeebies channel and programming block. The characters and ...
'', a kids' TV show.
* Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police detective in ''
Sleeping Dogs'', a 2012 Action-Adventure game made by
Square Enix
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and
United Front Games.
* Wei Wuxian (魏无羡), main character from the Chinese BL web novel
Mo Dao Zu Shi
''Mo Dao Zu Shi'' () is a chinese animation, donghua series based on the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, novel of the same name written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (). It is produced by Tencent Pictures, Tencent Penguin Pictures and B.C May Pictures ...
and show based on same novel
The Untamed (web series)
* Shen Wei (沈巍), a character from the Chinese BL web novel and show
Guardian (web series) written by Priest.
See also
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Wei (surname)
Wei or WEI may refer to:
States
* Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States
* Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...
References
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