Ideographic: A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來Radical:

meaning for wèi:

  • - not yet
  • - did not
  • - have not
  • - not
  • - 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  • - ancient Chinese compass point: 210°future
  • - tomorrow
  • - Classifiers: 个
  • - approaching
  • - coming
  • - pendingnot yet
  • - still notcannot
  • - to fail to
  • - unable tominor (i.e. person under 18)never

bèi
fēngkuáng疯狂
de
sīwéi思维
suǒ
qūshǐ驱使
yīyè一夜
wèi
mián

He was driven by crazy thoughts and didn't sleep all night.


wèi
qǐngshì请示
shàngjí上级
shànzì擅自
suǒyǒu所有
zhèxiē这些
qǐngjiǎn请柬
dōu
le
chūqù出去

She issued all these invitations without any reference to her superiors.