| 魏京生 |
Wèi Jīng shēng |
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 |
| 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) |
| 京 |
Jīng |
surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority / abbr. for Beijing 北京 |
| 京 |
jīng |
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |