Wei

[ wey ]

noun

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

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How to use Wei in a sentence

Wei’s team measured the timing and intensity of the reflected waves.
Coastal cities around the world are sinking, satellite data show | Katherine Kornei | June 3, 2022 | Science News For Students
Harvard’s Hanage is yet to be convinced that Wei, the Huanan vendor—rather than Chen—was the first documented covid patient.
This scientist now believes covid started in Wuhan’s wet market. Here’s why. | Jane Qiu | November 19, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Smoke-related aerosols might affect the skin in different ways, Wei says.
Warning: Wildfires might make you itch | Kathiann Kowalski | June 3, 2021 | Science News For Students
Wei and others looked at visits to UCSF dermatology clinics over an 18-week period, starting in October 2018.
Warning: Wildfires might make you itch | Kathiann Kowalski | June 3, 2021 | Science News For Students
Wei wonders if the same strategy will work on other types as well.
Silk-based microneedles may help treat diseased plants | Kathryn Hulick | June 18, 2020 | Science News For Students

So, to placate his parents, he decides to marry Wei-Wei (May Chin), a penniless Chinese opera singer in his building.
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The Wen Wei Po article contains a nugget that tells us why Beijing wanted to get back at the regime in Pyongyang.
North Korea's Monstrous Murder Methods | Gordon G. Chang | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
What is intriguing with this dog-bites-man story, however, is that it started with Wen Wei Po.
North Korea's Monstrous Murder Methods | Gordon G. Chang | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
Britain was unable to resist the imitative impulse, and seized the port of Wei-hai-Wei .
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
Wei Chang was not in reality a worker in the art of applying coloured designs to porcelain at all.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah
"Doubtless several gong-strokes will intervene before his returning footsteps gladden our expectant vision," replied Wei Chang.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah
"In a state of actuality, they are of measurably less dignified dimensions," suggested Wei Chang.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah
"Sun Wei, All-knowing One," murmured an attending spirit beneath his breath.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah

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