Wei (魏) is the English spelling of a Chinese surname. During the Zhou dynasty, Wei (state) (魏) the Ji family acquired the surname Wèi (魏). During the...

Look up Wei in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wei or WEI may refer to: Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wèi in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from...

Wèi (simplified Chinese: 卫; traditional Chinese: 衛; pinyin: Wèi) is a Chinese surname. It means ‘defend, guard’ and is written Wai in Cantonese. The character...

transliteration of three Chinese surnames in Hong Kong based on Cantonese: 魏, also common in northern China as Wei (pinyin: Wèi) 危, pinyin: Wēi 倪, pinyin: Ní All three...

Weis, German surname, a spelling variant of Weiss, may refer to: Aaron and Adam Weis, American child actors and school teachers Al Weis (b. 1938), baseball...

Wéi (simplified Chinese: 韦; traditional Chinese: 韋) is a Chinese surname. It means ‘leather’ in Classical Chinese. It was the 62nd most common name in...

Wei (危) is a Chinese surname. According to a 2013 study, it was the 362nd most common name in China; it was shared by 112,000 people, or 0.0084% of the...

Front Games. Shen Wei (沈巍), a character from the Chinese BL web novel and show Guardian (web series), written by Priest. Wei (surname) Guo, J.-Z.; Chen...

Weis may refer to: Weis (surname), including a list of people with the name Weis, an Australian frozen dessert brand Weis Markets, supermarket chain WEIS...

Hong Kong Wai, the Cantonese-derived orthography for the Chinese surname Wéi (surname 韋) Wai, Māori word for "water" or "river", used as a common prefix...

9000 Wei (/weɪ/), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (Chinese: 北魏; pinyin: Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei (Chinese: 拓跋魏; pinyin: Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei (Chinese:...

population of Wei to be over ⅔ of the Han population. Pinyin: Wèi < Middle Chinese: ŋjweiC < Eastern Han Chinese: *ŋuiC) (220–266) Also known as Cao Wei (曹魏) or...

Zhurong. The Eight surnames that came after the Zhurong tribe, according to the Guoyu, a historical Chinese text, are Ji, Dong, Peng, Tu, Wei, Cao, Zhen, and...

Wei (/weɪ/; Chinese: 衞; pinyin: Wèi), commonly spelled Wey to distinguish from the contemporary larger Wei (魏) state, was an ancient Chinese state that...

Shèn (慎) Yǔ (庾) Zhōng (终/終) Jì (暨) Bù (步) Hóng (弘) Lù (禄/祿) Shū (殳) Wò (沃) Wèi (蔚) Yuè (越) Kuí (夔) Mù (牧) Shè (厍/厙) Zī (訾) Kōng (空) Kuí (隗) Shān (山) Wú...

Wei (/weɪ/; Chinese: 魏; pinyin: Wèi) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way...

of the common Chinese surname 王 (Wáng). It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than...

bore the surname Li (李). The Western Wei later bestowed the surname Daye (大野) upon the family. Li was subsequently restored as the surname in AD 580...

family names consist of only a single character. It is an occupational surname, literally meaning "control" (sī) "horses" (mǎ), or "horse officer". The...

Wei (张伟) is the most common full name in mainland China. The top five surnames in China – Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen – are also the top five surnames...

10th in the Hundred Family Surnames poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Féng Chén Chǔ Wèi). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (e.g., Jackie Chan), most...

(although she soon also had him change his surname to her surname Wu—thus making him Wu Xiǎn). Princess Wei again became crown princess. Her son Li Chongzhao—who...

this surname include Oei, Ooi, and Uy. The spelling Wee is common particularly in Melaka; in contrast, the spelling Ooi is more common in Penang. Wèi (Chinese:...

the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 曹 (Cáo). It is listed 26th in the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles...

Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese...

relatively uncommon surname in modern China, largely because its bearers often adopted the names of their states and fiefs as new surnames. The character is...

a neighborhood division in Korea Dǒng (surname) or 董, a Chinese surname Dōng (surname) or 東, a Chinese surname Queen Dong (1623–1681), princess consort...

Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use...

their former state as their surname. A different, later origin of Lü was from the Wei (魏) lineage of the Ji (姬) surname. During the Spring and Autumn...

surname, making up 5.26% of the population of the Republic of China. In 2019 it was again the third most common surname in Mainland China. Zhang Wei (张伟)...