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Wey (state) Wei (; ), commonly spelled Wey to distinguish from the contemporary larger Wei (state), Wei () state, was an State (Ancient China), ancient Chinese state that was founded in the early Western Zhou dynasty and rose to prominence during the Spri ...

(衛, 1040–209 BC), ''Wèi'' in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger ''Wèi'' of the Warring States *

Wei (state) Wei (; ) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Zhao. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included ...

(魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States period *

Cao Wei Wei () was one of the major Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic states in China during the Three Kingdoms period. The state was established in 220 by Cao Pi based upon the foundations laid by his father Cao Cao during the end of the Han dy ...

(曹魏, 220–266), ruled North China during the Three Kingdoms period *

Ran Wei Wei ( zh, 魏; 350–352), known as Ran Wei () in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China established by Ran Min. In 350, Ran Wei usurped the throne of the Later Zhao, Later Zhao dynasty in the city ...

(冉魏, 350–352), short-lived Sixteen Kingdoms period state *

Northern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei ( zh, c=北魏, p=Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei ( zh, c=拓跋魏, p=Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei ( zh, c=元魏, p=Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei ( zh, t=後魏, p=Hòu Wèi), was an Dynasties of China, impe ...

(北魏, 386–535), ruled North China during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, later split into: :*

Western Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Western Wei (), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei. One of the Northern dynasties during the era of the Northern and Southern dynasties, it ruled the weste ...

(西魏, 535–557) :*

Eastern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Eastern Wei (), was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty. One of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Nor ...

(東魏, 534–550) *

Zhai Wei Wei (), known in historiography as Zhai Wei (), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Dingling people that existed from 388 to 392, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Its founder Zhai Liao had previously been vacillatin ...

(翟魏, 388–392), state of Dingling/Gaoche ethnicity in China

Places

Wei River The Wei River () is a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. It is the largest tributary of the Yellow River and very important in the early development of Chinese civilization. In ancient times, such as in the Records ...

, a main tributary of the Yellow River * Wei County, Handan (魏县), Hebei, China * Wei County, Xingtai (威县), Hebei, China

People

* Wei (given name), different variations of Chinese given names *

Wei (surname) Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), ''Wèi'' in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger ''Wèi'' of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring ...

, various Chinese surnames (魏, 衛, 尉, 蔿, 韋) *

Wei Wei (disambiguation) Wei Wei may refer to: * Wei Wei (male writer) (1920–2008), Chinese writer * Wei Wei (actress) (1922–2023), Chinese actress * Wei Wei (singer) (born 1963), Chinese singer * Wei Wei (female writer) (born 1970), Chinese writer * Wei Wei (come ...

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* WEi, a South Korean boy group *

Wei (rank) is a company-grade officer rank used in some East Asian militaries, including China, Taiwan, North Korea and South Korea. Chinese variant People's Liberation Army The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed by () or (). ...

, a company-grade officer in Chinese armed forces *

Wei (value token) Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. It is open-sourc ...

, a subunit of the Ether value token on the Ethereum blockchain *

Wau Ecology Institute The Wau Ecology Institute (WEI) was established in 1961 near the town of Wau, Papua New Guinea, in Morobe province, as a field station of the Bishop Museum. In 1973 it became an independent environmental organisation. It has laboratory space fo ...

, Wau, Papua New Guinea *

Web Environment Integrity Web Environment Integrity (WEI) is an abandoned API proposal previously under development for Google Chrome. A Web Environment Integrity prototype existed in Chromium, but was removed in November 2023 after extensive criticism by many tech groups. ...

, a Web API proposed by Google *

Windows Experience Index The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a module of Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 that is available in the Control Panel (Windows), Control Panel under ''Performance Information an ...

(WEI) score, a measure of the user-perceived performance of a computer running Microsoft Windows *

Weipa Airport Weipa Airport is an airport in Weipa, Queensland, Australia. The airport is southeast of the town. Airlines and destinations Statistics Weipa Airport was ranked 55th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financia ...

(IATA code: WEI), Weipa, Queensland, Australia *Wei, a star otherwise known as

Epsilon Scorpii Epsilon Scorpii (ε Scorpii, abbreviated Eps Sco, ε Sco), formally named Larawag , is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +2.3, making it the fifth-brightest member of the cons ...

*Wei Empire, a fictional state and planetary romance series of

Yulia Latynina Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (; born 16 June 1966) is an independent journalist, writer, TV and radio host from Russia. She grew famous as a columnist for ''Novaya Gazeta'' and was the most popular host at the Echo of Moscow radio station for years. ...

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