少尉
少尉 shào wèi ㄕㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ siu3 wai3
- second lieutenant (army rank)
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尉
- 上尉 shàng wèi ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ soeng6 wai3 captain (military rank)
- 中尉 zhōng wèi ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˋ zung1 wai3 lieutenant (navy)
- 大尉 dà wèi ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄟˋ daai6 wai3 captain (army rank)
- 尉氏 Wèi shì ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ wai3 si6 see 尉氏縣|尉氏县[Wei4 shi4 Xian4]
- 尉犁 Yù lí ㄩˋ ㄌㄧˊ wai3 lai4 see 尉犁縣|尉犁县[Yu4 li2 Xian4]
- 尉缭尉繚 Wèi Liáo ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ wai3 liu4 Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy
Idioms with these characters
- 寡二少双寡二少雙 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄦˋ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄤ gwaa2 ji6 siu3 soeng1 peerless
- 积少成多積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō ㄐㄧ ㄕㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄛ zik1 siu2 sing4 do1 (idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
- 老夫少妻 lǎo fū shào qī ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨ ㄕㄠˋ ㄑㄧ lou5 fu1 siu3 cai1 (idiom) older husband and much younger wife
- 年少无知年少無知 nián shào wú zhī ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄠˋ ㄨˊ ㄓ nin4 siu3 mou4 zi1 (idiom) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
- 人烟稀少人煙稀少 rén yān xī shǎo ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ jan4 jin1 hei1 siu2 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate