| 魏 | [ weì ] 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[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty, the Wei dynasty 221-265, Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods |
| 魏 | [ weì ] tower over a palace gateway (old) |
| 魏京生 | [ weì jīng shēng ] Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 |
| 魏伯陽 | [ weì bó yáng ] Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist |
| 魏國 | [ weì guó ] 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 | [ weì weī ] Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war |
| 魏徵 | [ weì zhēng ] Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 |
| 魏德邁 | [ weì dé maì ] Wedemeyer (name), Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander |
| 魏忠賢 | [ weì zhōng xián ] Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming |
| 魏收 | [ weì shoū ] 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] |
| 魏文帝 | [ weì wén dì ] Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226 |
| 魏晉 | [ weì jìn ] Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties |
| 魏晉南北朝 | [ weì jìn nán beǐ chaó ] Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties, generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui |
| 魏書 | [ weì shū ] History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls |
| 魏格納 | [ weì gé nà ] Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift |
| 魏源 | [ weì yuán ] Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar |
| 魏瑪 | [ weì mǎ ] Weimar |
| 魏縣 | [ weì xiàn ] Wei county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei |
| 魏都 | [ weì dū ] Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan |
| 魏都區 | [ weì dū qū ] Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan |
| ⇒ 北魏 | [ beǐ weì ] Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 |
| ⇒ 圍魏救趙 | [ weí weì jiù zhaò ] lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom), fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers |
| ⇒ 後魏 | [ hoù weì ] Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
| ⇒ 拓跋魏 | [ tuò bá weì ] Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) |
| ⇒ 曹魏 | [ caó weì ] Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 |
| ⇒ 東魏 | [ dōng weì ] Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| ⇒ 漢末魏初 | [ hàn mò weì chū ] late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) |
| ⇒ 西魏 | [ xī weì ] Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| ⇒ 阿育魏實 | [ ā yù weì shí ] seed of ajwain, Semen Trachyspermi coptici |
| ⇒ 阿魏 | [ ā weì ] Ferula resin (used in TCM), Resina Ferulae |
