| 阿魏 |
ā wèi |
Ferula resin (used in TCM) / Resina Ferulae |
| 阿 |
Ā |
abbr. for country names that begin with 阿: Algeria 阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 etc |
| 阿 |
ā |
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4] |
| 阿 |
ē |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 魏 |
Wèi |
surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the 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 after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221–265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history |
| 魏 |
wèi |
tower over a palace gateway (old) |