Wei (given name)
Wei is a Chinese given name. The form 伟 (wěi in pinyin) is the most common Chinese given name, accounting for approximately 0.5% of Chinese people.[1]
Possible writings
Wei can be written using different Chinese characters and can mean:
As a masculine name:
- 威, "power"
- 巍, "lofty"
- 伟, "great"
- 卫，"guard"
As a feminine name:
- 薇, "rose"
- 微, "small"
Unisex:
- 唯, "only"
- 未，"future"
- 巍, "lofty"
List of people with the given name Wei
- Wei Wei (韦唯), Chinese singer
- Tang Wei (湯唯), Chinese actress
- Dou Wei (竇唯), Chinese singer and songwriter
- Son Wei (孫暐), Japanese fashion model (of Chinese origin)
- Wei Chen (journalist), Canadian television and radio journalist
- Wei Chen (singer), Chinese singer
- Shen Wei (沈瑋), Chinese artist and photographer
- Zhao Wei, Chinese film actress and pop singer, sometimes referred to by her English name, Vicki Zhao
- Wei (stage name), Korean rapper from the k-pop group "up10tion"
Fictional characters
- Wei, a character from The Lingo Show, a kids' TV show.
- Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police detective in Sleeping Dogs, a 2012 Action-Adventure game made by Square Enix and United Front Games.
- Wei Wuxian (魏无羡), main character from the Chinese BL web novel Mo Dao Zu Shi and show based on same novel The Untamed (web series)
- Shen Wei (沈巍), a character from the Chinese BL web novel and show Guardian (web series) written by Priest.
See also
References
- Guo, J.-Z., Chen, Q.-H., & Wang, Y.-G. (2011). "Statistical distribution of Chinese names". Chinese Physics B. 20 (11): 118901. Bibcode:2011ChPhB..20k8901G. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/11/118901. S2CID 250742598.
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