Wei

[ wey ]

/ weɪ /

any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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Whatever the outcome, Ravi's and Wei's punishments will rightly continue.
Should Tyler Clementi's Bully Be Charged With a Hate Crime?|Jessica Bennett|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Ravi and Wei were both over 18 when their crime was committed, but they were still teens.
Should Tyler Clementi's Bully Be Charged With a Hate Crime?|Jessica Bennett|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
While Ravi and Wei purged their Twitter feeds, their friends did not.
A University's Suicide Shock|Claire Howorth, Brian Ries|September 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Wei somehow slips in unnoticed, has a private tête-à-tête with the powers that be, and abracadabra, deal done.
China's Financial Insider|Huang Hung|March 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I chose Wei Sun Christianson because she is one woman who successfully competed against hordes of high-profile men.
China's Five Most Powerful Women|Huang Hung|March 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And afterward I joined my husband and this gentleman, Mr. Wei, in a reading-party.
Stories by English Authors: Orient|Various
"Let not the 'young noble' distress himself overmuch," said Wei to her, with some importance.
Stories by English Authors: Orient|Various
It is said that long ago a strange dragon came out from south of the mountains to drink the Wei waters.
Mythical Monsters|Charles Gould
About 770 Wei Hao produced an edition of twenty chan, many additional poems having come to light in the interval.
The Poet Li Po|Arthur Waley
The north was divided among six Tartar kingdoms, which all perished before 440 except Wei.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot