Wei is a
Chinese given name
Chinese given names () are the given names adopted by speakers of the Chinese language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora.
Description
Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or - usually - two chara ...
. The form 伟 (wěi in
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
) is the most common Chinese given name, accounting for approximately 0.5% of Chinese people.
Written forms
Wei can be written using different
Chinese characters
Chinese characters are logographs used Written Chinese, to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represe ...
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"
Notable people with name Wei
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Wei Wei (韦唯), Chinese singer
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Tang Wei (湯唯), Chinese actress
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Dou Wei
Dou Wei (born October 14, 1969) is a Chinese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and music producer. He is a representative figure in Chinese rock music. Alongside rock singers He Yong and Zhang Chu, they were collectively known as the "Pro ...
(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, Canadian television and radio journalist
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Shen Wei (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 nationality law, Chinese actress, singer, filmmaker, and businesswoman. Regarded as one of China's Four Dan Actresses, she rose to pan-Asian fame for her rol ...
(趙薇), 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'', a kids' TV show.
* Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police detective in ''
Sleeping Dogs'', a 2012 action-adventure game made by
Square Enix
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate. It releases role-playing video game, role-playing game franchises, such as ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', and '' ...
and
United Front Games
United Front Games, Inc. was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver. They created titles for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. They are the de ...
.
* Shen Wei (沈巍), a character from the Chinese BL web novel and show
''Guardian'' (web series), written by Priest.
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Feng Wei, a character from the fighting game series
Tekken
is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations.
The main games in the series follow the events ...
.
See also
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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 ...
References
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Chinese given names