| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 危 | 危 | Wēi | - surname Wei |
| 围 | 圍 | Wéi | - surname Wei |
| 委 | 委 | Wěi | - surname Wei |
| 寪 | 寪 | Wěi | - surname Wei |
| 尉 | 尉 | Wèi | - surname Wei |
| 微 | 微 | Wēi | - surname Wei - ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing - Taiwan pr. [Wei2] |
| 维 | 維 | Wéi | - abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] - surname Wei |
| 薳 | 薳 | Wěi | - surname Wei |
| 卫 | 衛 | Wèi | - surname Wei - vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces |
| 谓 | 謂 | Wèi | - surname Wei |
| 隗 | 隗 | Wěi | - surname Wei |
| 韦 | 韋 | Wéi | - surname Wei |
| 魏 | 魏 | Wèi | - surname Wei - name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States - Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han - the Wei dynasty 221-265 - Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods |
| 北魏 | 北魏 | BěiWèi | - Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 |
| 威县 | 威縣 | Wēixiàn | - Wei county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei |
| 尉缭 | 尉繚 | WèiLiáo | - Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy |
| 尾生 | 尾生 | WěiShēng | - Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) - sb who keeps to their word no matter what |
| 后魏 | 後魏 | HòuWèi | - Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
| 渭水 | 渭水 | wèishuǐ | - Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain |
| 渭河 | 渭河 | WèiHé | - Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中[Guan1 zhong1] plain |
| 玄学 | 玄學 | xuánxué | - Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals - translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) |
| 魏国 | 魏國 | Wèiguó | - Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 - Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms |
| 魏巍 | 魏巍 | WèiWēi | - Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war |
| 魏征 | 魏徵 | WèiZhēng | - Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 |
| 魏收 | 魏收 | WèiShōu | - Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1] |
| 魏晋 | 魏晉 | WèiJìn | - Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties |
| 魏源 | 魏源 | WèiYuán | - Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar |
| 魏县 | 魏縣 | Wèixiàn | - Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei |
| 尉缭子 | 尉繚子 | WèiLiáozi | - Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wei4 Liao2] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 拓跋魏 | 拓跋魏 | TuòbáWèi | - Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) |
| 卫留成 | 衛留成 | WèiLiúchéng | - Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan |
| 韦应物 | 韋應物 | WéiYìngwù | - Wei Yinwu (737-792), Tang dynasty poet |
| 魏京生 | 魏京生 | WèiJīngshēng | - Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 |
| 魏伯阳 | 魏伯陽 | WèiBóyáng | - Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist |
| 魏忠贤 | 魏忠賢 | WèiZhōngxián | - Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming |
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