畏 (wèi) means To fear (afraid of). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他毫不 畏 惧地站了出来。
Tā háo bú wèijù de zhàn le chūlái.
He stepped forward without the slightest fear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 畏惧
陡峭的岩壁让人望而生 畏 。
Dǒuqiào de yánbì ràng rén wàng ér shēng wèi.
The sheer rock face is daunting even to look at.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陡峭
对未知的 畏 惧是人之常情。
Duì wèizhī de wèijù shì rén zhī chángqíng.
Fear of the unknown is only human.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 畏惧
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Words that contain 畏
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Questions about 畏
How is 畏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 畏 (wèi, "To fear (afraid of)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 畏 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 畏 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 畏?
The dictionary page for 畏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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